Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k_htc: don't store usb_device_id usb_device_id is not guaranteed to live longer than probe due to presence of dynamic ID. All information apart from driver_data can be easily retrieved from usb_device, so just store driver_data.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• CERT-FR9 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289

  Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian LTS Linux kernel Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian LTS Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.

  CVE-2025-38237CVE-2025-39833CVE-2025-39925+1311 more CVEs
• CERT-FR2 Oct 2026CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253

  Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian Linux kernel Translated from French

  Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.

  CVE-2025-38237CVE-2025-39833CVE-2025-39925+1310 more CVEs
• BSI CERT-Bund24 Sep 2026WID-SEC-2026-3579

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-97615CVE-2026-97978CVE-2026-98127+590 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d2ac442d660e112efc0ce87ad10085013ed2b1
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/664ef8ce390fa6575c3a3dc003f9ccdd7cca9932
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cb99d4a715939b9fcea3341b08eaf4b9e0cc44b
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e70a6785bd02cf9ef7fd21ebccf46a8ba23014e
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5e396578097d02e859798207db41ed4b831f50
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/c34aa59950597e3360e9cef9d08cdf4edb30ad4d