wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() Following bss_free() quirk introduced in commit 776b3580178f ("cfg80211: track hidden SSID networks properly"), adjust cfg80211_update_known_bss() to free the last beacon frame elements only if they're not shared via the corresponding 'hidden_beacon_bss' pointer.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix use-after-free in cmp_bss() Following bss_free() quirk introduced in commit 776b3580178f ("cfg80211: track hidden SSID networks properly"), adjust cfg80211_update_known_bss() to free the last beacon frame elements only if they're not shared via the corresponding 'hidden_beacon_bss' pointer.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-089022.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26e84445f02ce6b2fe5f3e0e28ff7add77f35e08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b7ae04969f822283a95c866967e42b4d75e0eef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6854476d9e1aeaaf05ebc98d610061c2075db07d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/912c4b66bef713a20775cfbf3b5e9bd71525c716
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8bb681e879ca3c9f722aa08d3d7ae41c42a8807
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a97a9791e455bb0cd5e7a38b5abcb05523d4e21c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7d08929178c16398278613df07ad65cf63cce9d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff040562c10a540b8d851f7f4145fa112977f853
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/39xxx/CVE-2025-39864.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39864