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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6008-1 linux security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6009-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-30351 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.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low


Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T06:00:59.902Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.142Z

Link: CVE-2025-39849

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-19T16:15:43.760

Modified: 2025-09-22T21:23:01.543

Link: CVE-2025-39849

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39849 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-09-22T09:59:08Z