Kernel-state corruption via unchecked non-station WCID
Published Oct 1, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Memory corruption in Linux kernel 6.15 through 6.16.5 and 6.17-rc1 through 6.17-rc4 allows remote attackers to corrupt kernel state. The mt7996_rx_get_wcid function accepts a non-station WCID and casts its entry to mt7996_sta_link with container_of instead of rejecting a null wcid->sta. Adjacent-network access and an mt7996 device are required; the established consequence is corruption of the driver's WCID array.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in Linux kernel 6.15 through 6.16.5 and 6.17-rc1 through 6.17-rc4 allows remote attackers to corrupt kernel state. The mt7996_rx_get_wcid function accepts a non-station WCID and casts its entry to mt7996_sta_link with container_of instead of rejecting a null wcid->sta. Adjacent-network access and an mt7996 device are required; the established consequence is corruption of the driver's WCID array.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-39919
- Published
- Oct 1, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
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- Oct 1, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.15
- Affected versionversion=7464b12b7d92b9641d4664735b9f3c3f0b6173d9 <4a522b01e368eec58d182ecc47d24f49a39e440d
- Affected versionversion=7464b12b7d92b9641d4664735b9f3c3f0b6173d9 <69dcc19048fcdc3fb166fd25b805470ee8fc0eb1
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