| Name | CVE-2025-38406 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.237-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 6.1.137-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.140-1 | vulnerable | |
| trixie, sid | 6.12.38-1 | fixed | |
| trixie (security) | 6.12.31-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 6.12.37-1 |
https://git.kernel.org/linus/e7417421d89358da071fd2930f91e67c7128fbff (6.16-rc3)