{"id":"CVE-2025-38406","summary":"wifi: ath6kl: remove WARN on bad firmware input","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath6kl: remove WARN on bad firmware input\n\nIf the firmware gives bad input, that's nothing to do with\nthe driver's stack at this point etc., so the WARN_ON()\ndoesn't add any value. Additionally, this is one of the\ntop syzbot reports now. Just print a message, and as an\nadded bonus, print the sizes too.","modified":"2026-04-02T12:47:57.883394Z","published":"2025-07-25T13:13:29.646Z","related":["MGASA-2025-0218","MGASA-2025-0219","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-2025-38406.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d07deea35ae67f2e75913242e25bdb7e1114e5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327997afbb5e62532c28c1861ab5534c01969c9a"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/347827bd0c5680dac2dd59674616840c4d5154f1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46b47d4b06fa7f234d93f0f8ac43798feafcff89"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2afdc5af3b82b601f6a2f0d1c90d5f0bc27aeb"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bd133529a4d2d68287128b357e49adc00ec690"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c49f0b203a987c306676d241066451b74db1a5"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7417421d89358da071fd2930f91e67c7128fbff"},{"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-2025-38406.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38406"},{"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":"bdcd81707973cf8aa9305337166f8ee842a050d4"},{"fixed":"7a2afdc5af3b82b601f6a2f0d1c90d5f0bc27aeb"},{"fixed":"e6c49f0b203a987c306676d241066451b74db1a5"},{"fixed":"46b47d4b06fa7f234d93f0f8ac43798feafcff89"},{"fixed":"89bd133529a4d2d68287128b357e49adc00ec690"},{"fixed":"347827bd0c5680dac2dd59674616840c4d5154f1"},{"fixed":"327997afbb5e62532c28c1861ab5534c01969c9a"},{"fixed":"27d07deea35ae67f2e75913242e25bdb7e1114e5"},{"fixed":"e7417421d89358da071fd2930f91e67c7128fbff"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38406.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}