CVE-2025-38646

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Since SW won't initialize stuffs for unsupported bands, NULL\ndereference will happen then in the sequence, rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() ->\nrtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). So, add a check to avoid it.\n\nThe following is a crash log for this case.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000032\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 1 PID: 1907 Comm: irq/131-rtw89_p Tainted: G U 6.6.56-05896-g89f5fb0eb30b #1 (HASH:1400 4)\n Hardware name: Google Telith/Telith, BIOS Google_Telith.15217.747.0 11/12/2024\n RIP: 0010:rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core]\n Code: 4c 89 7d c8 48 89 55 c0 49 8d 44 24 02 48 89 45 b8 45 31 ff eb 11\n 41 c6 45 3a 01 41 b7 01 4d 8b 6d 00 4d 39 f5 74 42 8b 43 10 <41> 33 45\n 32 0f b7 4b 14 66 41 33 4d 36 0f b7 c9 09 c1 74 d8 4d 85\n RSP: 0018:ffff9f3080138ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n RAX: 00000000b8bf5770 RBX: ffff91b5e8c639c0 RCX: 0000000000000011\n RDX: ffff91b582de1be8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff91b5e8c639e6\n RBP: ffff9f3080138d00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n R10: ffff91b59de70000 R11: ffffffffc069be50 R12: ffff91b5e8c639e4\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff91b5828020b8 R15: 0000000000000000\n FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff91b8efa40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000032 CR3: 00000002bf838000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0\n PKRU: 55555554\n Call Trace:\n <IRQ>\n ? 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Since SW won't initialize stuffs for unsupported bands, NULL\ndereference will happen then in the sequence, rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() ->\nrtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). 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Since SW won't initialize stuffs for unsupported bands, NULL\ndereference will happen then in the sequence, rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() ->\nrtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). So, add a check to avoid it.\n\nThe following is a crash log for this case.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000032\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 1 PID: 1907 Comm: irq/131-rtw89_p Tainted: G U 6.6.56-05896-g89f5fb0eb30b #1 (HASH:1400 4)\n Hardware name: Google Telith/Telith, BIOS Google_Telith.15217.747.0 11/12/2024\n RIP: 0010:rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core]\n Code: 4c 89 7d c8 48 89 55 c0 49 8d 44 24 02 48 89 45 b8 45 31 ff eb 11\n 41 c6 45 3a 01 41 b7 01 4d 8b 6d 00 4d 39 f5 74 42 8b 43 10 <41> 33 45\n 32 0f b7 4b 14 66 41 33 4d 36 0f b7 c9 09 c1 74 d8 4d 85\n RSP: 0018:ffff9f3080138ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n RAX: 00000000b8bf5770 RBX: ffff91b5e8c639c0 RCX: 0000000000000011\n RDX: ffff91b582de1be8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff91b5e8c639e6\n RBP: ffff9f3080138d00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n R10: ffff91b59de70000 R11: ffffffffc069be50 R12: ffff91b5e8c639e4\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff91b5828020b8 R15: 0000000000000000\n FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff91b8efa40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000032 CR3: 00000002bf838000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0\n PKRU: 55555554\n Call Trace:\n <IRQ>\n ? __die_body+0x68/0xb0\n ? page_fault_oops+0x379/0x3e0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x4f/0xa0\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n ? rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n __iterate_interfaces+0x59/0x110 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)]\n ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x36/0x50 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)]\n rtw89_core_rx_to_mac80211+0xfd/0x1b0 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n rtw89_core_rx+0x43a/0x980 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: rtw89: evitar la desreferencia NULL al recibir un paquete problem\u00e1tico en una banda de 6 GHz no compatible. En raras ocasiones, el informe de recepci\u00f3n podr\u00eda ser problem\u00e1tico al hacer que el software piense que se recibe un paquete en la banda de 6 GHz, incluso si el chip no la admite. Dado que el software no inicializa elementos para bandas no compatibles, se producir\u00e1 una desreferencia NULL en la secuencia rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() -&gt; rtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). Por lo tanto, se debe a\u00f1adir una comprobaci\u00f3n para evitarlo. A continuaci\u00f3n, se muestra un registro de fallos para este caso. ERROR: desreferencia de puntero NULL del kernel, direcci\u00f3n: 0000000000000032 #PF: acceso de lectura del supervisor en modo kernel #PF: error_code(0x0000) - p\u00e1gina no presente PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 1907 Comm: irq/131-rtw89_p Tainted: GU 6.6.56-05896-g89f5fb0eb30b #1 (HASH:1400 4) Nombre del hardware: Google Telith/Telith, BIOS Google_Telith.15217.747.0 11/12/2024 RIP: 0010:rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core] C\u00f3digo: 4c 89 7d c8 48 89 55 c0 49 8d 44 24 02 48 89 45 b8 45 31 ff eb 11 41 c6 45 3a 01 41 b7 01 4d 8b 6d 00 4d 39 f5 74 42 8b 43 10 &lt;41&gt; 33 45 32 0f b7 4b 14 66 41 33 4d 36 0f b7 c9 09 c1 74 d8 4d 85 RSP: 0018:ffff9f3080138ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 00000000b8bf5770RBX: ffff91b5e8c639c0 RCX: 00000000000000011 RDX: ffff91b582de1be8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff91b5e8c639e6 RBP: ffff9f3080138d00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000000000000 R10: ffff91b59de70000 R11: ffffffffc069be50 R12: ffff91b5e8c639e4 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff91b5828020b8 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff91b8efa40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000000032 CR3: 00000002bf838000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0 PKRU: 55555554 Rastreo de llamadas: ? __die_body+0x68/0xb0 ? error_p\u00e1gina_oops+0x379/0x3e0 ? error_p\u00e1gina_oops+0x4f/0xa0 ? error_p\u00e1gina_oops+0x22/0x30 ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [n\u00facleo_rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] ? rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [n\u00facleo_rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] __iterate_interfaces+0x59/0x110 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)] ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [n\u00facleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [n\u00facleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] ieee80211_iterar_interfaces_activas_at\u00f3micas+0x36/0x50 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)] rtw89_n\u00facleo_rx_a_mac80211+0xfd/0x1b0 [n\u00facleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] rtw89_n\u00facleo_rx+0x43a/0x980 [n\u00facleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)]"}], "id": "CVE-2025-38646", "lastModified": "2026-11-05T22:17:22.477", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2025-38646", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-11-05T21:05:57.608477Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2025-08-22T16:15:38.870", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b525630729082f026e7030eafccf89e3add7eae"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77a7a48f87d673a68664bebf044214821decbfda"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e04f01bb94fe61c73cc59f0495c3b6c16a83231"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/892b29eab44b1803d2cad8e50f1bc2144ef478cb"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3527ac15a00916e68ecb495b74dbe6a6c62a06f"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-476"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: wifi: rtw89: avoid NULL dereference when RX problematic packet on unsupported 6 GHz band", "id": "2390389", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2390389"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.0", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-476", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nwifi: rtw89: avoid NULL dereference when RX problematic packet on unsupported 6 GHz band\nWith a quite rare chance, RX report might be problematic to make SW think\na packet is received on 6 GHz band even if the chip does not support 6 GHz\nband actually. Since SW won't initialize stuffs for unsupported bands, NULL\ndereference will happen then in the sequence, rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() ->\nrtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). So, add a check to avoid it.\nThe following is a crash log for this case.\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000032\n#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 1 PID: 1907 Comm: irq/131-rtw89_p Tainted: G U 6.6.56-05896-g89f5fb0eb30b #1 (HASH:1400 4)\nHardware name: Google Telith/Telith, BIOS Google_Telith.15217.747.0 11/12/2024\nRIP: 0010:rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core]\nCode: 4c 89 7d c8 48 89 55 c0 49 8d 44 24 02 48 89 45 b8 45 31 ff eb 11\n41 c6 45 3a 01 41 b7 01 4d 8b 6d 00 4d 39 f5 74 42 8b 43 10 <41> 33 45\n32 0f b7 4b 14 66 41 33 4d 36 0f b7 c9 09 c1 74 d8 4d 85\nRSP: 0018:ffff9f3080138ca0 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 00000000b8bf5770 RBX: ffff91b5e8c639c0 RCX: 0000000000000011\nRDX: ffff91b582de1be8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff91b5e8c639e6\nRBP: ffff9f3080138d00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: ffff91b59de70000 R11: ffffffffc069be50 R12: ffff91b5e8c639e4\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff91b5828020b8 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff91b8efa40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000032 CR3: 00000002bf838000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n<IRQ>\n? __die_body+0x68/0xb0\n? page_fault_oops+0x379/0x3e0\n? exc_page_fault+0x4f/0xa0\n? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n? rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n__iterate_interfaces+0x59/0x110 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)]\n? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\n? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\nieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x36/0x50 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)]\nrtw89_core_rx_to_mac80211+0xfd/0x1b0 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]\nrtw89_core_rx+0x43a/0x980 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]"], "name": "CVE-2025-38646", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-08-22T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38646\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38646\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025082236-CVE-2025-38646-9862@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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