{"id":"CVE-2025-38159","title":"wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds\n\nSet the size to 6 instead of 2, since 'para' array is passed to\n'rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(rtwdev, …","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d","Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647","Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d","Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04","Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788","Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd","Linux 5.4"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T20:50:43.585998Z"},"published":"2025-07-03","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T20:52:18.247Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38159","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00187,"epssPercentile":0.08326,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.927Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38159","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds\n\nSet the size to 6 instead of 2, since 'para' array is passed to\n'rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(rtwdev, para[0], &para[1])', which reads\n5 bytes:\n\nvoid rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u8 op_code, u8 *data)\n{\n    ...\n    SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA1(h2c_pkt, *data);\n    SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA2(h2c_pkt, *(data + 1));\n    ...\n    SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA5(h2c_pkt, *(data + 4));\n\nDetected using the static analysis tool - Svace.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d`\n- `Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647`\n- `Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d`\n- `Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04`\n- `Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788`\n- `Linux >= 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd`\n- `Linux 5.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}