CVE-2025-39849 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Solution

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31229145e6ba5ace3e9391113376fa05b7831ede
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb7cab7adf9b1e6a99e2081b0e30e9e59d07523
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b635dcd69c4fde7ce1de4992d71420a37e51e3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e751d46336205abc259ed3990e850a9843fb649
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e472f59d02c82b511bc43a3f96d62ed08bf4537f

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31229145e6ba5ace3e9391113376fa05b7831ede https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cb7cab7adf9b1e6a99e2081b0e30e9e59d07523 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62b635dcd69c4fde7ce1de4992d71420a37e51e3 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e751d46336205abc259ed3990e850a9843fb649 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e472f59d02c82b511bc43a3f96d62ed08bf4537f

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-19T15:26:22.073Z

Updated: 2025-09-19T15:26:22.073Z

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

Link: CVE-2025-39849

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2025-39849

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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