CVE-2025-39891

Oct. 2, 2025, 7:12 p.m.

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Initialize the chan_stats array to zero The adapter->chan_stats[] array is initialized in mwifiex_init_channel_scan_gap() with vmalloc(), which doesn't zero out memory. The array is filled in mwifiex_update_chan_statistics() and then the user can query the data in mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey(). There are two potential issues here. What if the user calls mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey() before the data has been filled in. Also the mwifiex_update_chan_statistics() function doesn't necessarily initialize the whole array. Since the array was not initialized at the start that could result in an information leak. Also this array is pretty small. It's a maximum of 900 bytes so it's more appropriate to use kcalloc() instead vmalloc().

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
  • Mwifiex
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

Timeline

Published: Oct. 1, 2025, 8:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 2, 2025, 7:12 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

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Source

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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