CVE-2025-39849In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() If the ssid->datalen is more than IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN (32) i…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() If the ssid->datalen is more than IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN (32) it would lead to memory corruption so add some bounds checking.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 19, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.1.16 before 6.1.151; from 6.2.3 before 6.6.105; from 6.7 before 6.12.46; from 6.13 before 6.16.6; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17 | NVD |
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux | 11.0 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31229145e6ba5ace3e9391113376fa05b7831edepatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb7cab7adf9b1e6a99e2081b0e30e9e59d07523patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b635dcd69c4fde7ce1de4992d71420a37e51e3patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e751d46336205abc259ed3990e850a9843fb649patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e472f59d02c82b511bc43a3f96d62ed08bf4537fpatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlmailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
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