# CVE-2025-38600: wifi: mt76: mt7925: fix off by one in mt7925\_mcu\_hw\_scan()

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.16

## Description

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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d80d4fa986c5da99042b66bf30a028e7f564156
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a431fe2e399b2e0cc5f43f7e9d63d63d3710ee

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