{"id":"CVE-2025-38157","summary":"wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled\n\nA malicious USB device can send a WMI_SWBA_EVENTID event from an\nath9k_htc-managed device before beaconing has been enabled. This causes\na device-by-zero error in the driver, leading to either a crash or an\nout of bounds read.\n\nPrevent this by aborting the handling in ath9k_htc_swba() if beacons are\nnot enabled.","modified":"2026-04-16T04:30:26.290415488Z","published":"2025-07-03T08:35:59.734Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02996-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03023-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20577-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20586-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20601-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20602-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38157.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0281c19074976ec48f0078d50530b406ddae75bc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40471b23147c86ea3ed97faee79937c618250bd0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5482ef9875eaa43f0435e14570e1193823de857e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a85c21f812e02cb00ca07007d88acdd42d08c46"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee3fb6258da8c890a51b514f60d7570dc703605"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4e317a95a1092b5da5b9918b7118759342641c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ce9df1d68094d37360dbd9b09289d42fa21e54"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee5ee646385f5846dcbc881389f3c44a197c402a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38157.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38157"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81"},{"fixed":"e5ce9df1d68094d37360dbd9b09289d42fa21e54"},{"fixed":"0281c19074976ec48f0078d50530b406ddae75bc"},{"fixed":"7ee3fb6258da8c890a51b514f60d7570dc703605"},{"fixed":"40471b23147c86ea3ed97faee79937c618250bd0"},{"fixed":"5482ef9875eaa43f0435e14570e1193823de857e"},{"fixed":"ee5ee646385f5846dcbc881389f3c44a197c402a"},{"fixed":"5a85c21f812e02cb00ca07007d88acdd42d08c46"},{"fixed":"ac4e317a95a1092b5da5b9918b7118759342641c"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38157.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}