What is CVE-2025-38600?

CVE-2025-38600 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2025-38600?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38600

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (2.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 8284815ca161e0fa0861cc4085f1c0141e10a34d, 6.16, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-193 — Off-by-one Error

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38600?: CVE-2025-38600 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2025-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2025-38600?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.