In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() If the ssid->datalen is more than IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN (32) it would lead to memory corruption so add some bounds checking.
History

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() If the ssid->datalen is more than IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN (32) it would lead to memory corruption so add some bounds checking.
Title wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T06:00:59.902Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.142Z

Link: CVE-2025-39849

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-19T16:15:43.760

Modified: 2025-09-22T21:23:01.543

Link: CVE-2025-39849

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39849 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-22T09:59:08Z