CVE-2025-38599 wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx()
A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds memory access in the mt7996 WiFi driver, potentially causing a system crash or arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-38599?
CVE-2025-38599 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7996: Fix possible OOB access in mt7996_tx()
Fis possible Out-Of-Boundary access in mt7996_tx routine if link_id is set to IEEE80211_LINK_UNSPECIFIED
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38599?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38599?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-38599 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38599 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2025-38599, GHSA-h8v7-7qgm-x4jg, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38599.