vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-39849: kernel: wifi: cfg80211: sme: cap SSID length in __cfg80211_connect_result() (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Sep 19, 2025 | Oct 21, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Sep 19, 2025
Added
Oct 21, 2025
Modified
Nov 20, 2025
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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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