Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [4.2,6.1.191)[6.2,6.6.108)[6.7,6.12.49)[6.13,6.16.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20700561
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed4 Oct 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-39952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1.191, 6.6.108, 6.12.49, 6.16.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the wilc_wlan_parse_response_frame process. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution or escalate privileges by sending a crafted association response frame over WiFi to a device within radio range, exploiting unchecked memory copy operations in the wireless driver.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1