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CVE-2025-38406 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: remove WARN on bad firmware input If the firmware gives bad input, that's nothing to do with the driver's stack at this point etc., so the WARN_ON() doesn't add any value. Additionally, this is one of the top syzbot reports now. Just print a message, and as an added bonus, print the sizes too.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d07deea35ae67f2e75913242e25bdb7e1114e5 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327997afbb5e62532c28c1861ab5534c01969c9a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/347827bd0c5680dac2dd59674616840c4d5154f1 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46b47d4b06fa7f234d93f0f8ac43798feafcff89 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2afdc5af3b82b601f6a2f0d1c90d5f0bc27aeb kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bd133529a4d2d68287128b357e49adc00ec690 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c49f0b203a987c306676d241066451b74db1a5 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7417421d89358da071fd2930f91e67c7128fbff kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-38406
NVD Published Date:
07/25/2025
NVD Last Modified:
07/25/2025
Source:
kernel.org