CVE-2025-39957 Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.158-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-14114823
  • published26 Nov 2025
  • disclosed9 Oct 2025

Introduced: 9 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-39957  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.158-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: increase scan_ies_len for S1G

Currently the S1G capability element is not taken into account for the scan_ies_len, which leads to a buffer length validation failure in ieee80211_prep_hw_scan() and subsequent WARN in __ieee80211_start_scan(). This prevents hw scanning from functioning. To fix ensure we accommodate for the S1G capability length.

CVSS Base Scores

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