CVE-2025-39891
Published: Oct 1, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
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().
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected bf35443314acb43fa8a3f9f8046e14cbe178762b - < 9eb0118b3470b4d2e4e3bbb1fc088b30c0285d65affected bf35443314acb43fa8a3f9f8046e14cbe178762b - < 05daef0442d28350a1a0d6d0e2cab4a7a91df475affected bf35443314acb43fa8a3f9f8046e14cbe178762b - < acdf26a912190fc6746e2a890d7d0338190527b4affected bf35443314acb43fa8a3f9f8046e14cbe178762b - < 32c124c9c03aa755cbaf60ef7f76afd918d47659affected bf35443314acb43fa8a3f9f8046e14cbe178762b - < 9df29aa5637d94d24f7c5f054ef4feaa7b766111+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.19unaffected 0 - < 3.19unaffected 5.4.299 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.243 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.15.192 - <= 5.15.*+5 more versions |
References
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