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Linux Linux — wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix off by one in mt7925_mcu_hw_scan()
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0018 7.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 8284815ca161e0fa0861cc4085f1c0141e10a34d – —
Linux 6.16 – 6.16.1
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Aug 19 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38600 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix off by one in mt7925_mcu_hw_scan()
The ssid->ssids[] and sreq->ssids[] arrays have MT7925_RNR_SCAN_MAX_BSSIDS
elements so this >= needs to be > to prevent an out of bounds access.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 19, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38600 (Linux). CVSS 8.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 8284815ca161e0fa0861cc4085f1c0141e10a34d | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.16 | 6.16.1 |
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