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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: wifi: cfg80211: fix out-of-bounds access during multi-link element defragmentation", "id": "2367587", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2367587"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "6.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nwifi: cfg80211: fix out-of-bounds access during multi-link element defragmentation\nCurrently during the multi-link element defragmentation process, the\nmulti-link element length added to the total IEs length when calculating\nthe length of remaining IEs after the multi-link element in\ncfg80211_defrag_mle(). This could lead to out-of-bounds access if the\nmulti-link element or its corresponding fragment elements are the last\nelements in the IEs buffer.\nTo address this issue, correctly calculate the remaining IEs length by\ndeducting the multi-link element end offset from total IEs end offset."], "name": "CVE-2025-37973", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-05-20T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37973\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37973\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025052046-CVE-2025-37973-3687@gregkh/T"], "statement": "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's cfg80211_defrag_mle() function, where an incorrect calculation of the remaining IEs length could lead to an out-of-bounds memory access during multi-link element (MLE) defragmentation. A malicious beacon or probe response frame containing fragmented MLEs could potentially trigger this issue.\nThis flaw is exploitable in setups where userspace or firmware passes raw Wi-Fi frames to the kernel for parsing (e.g., via softmac drivers), but requires attacker-controlled wireless traffic and a vulnerable parsing path.", "threat_severity": "Moderate"}