CVE-2025-38646
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: avoid NULL dereference when RX problematic packet on unsupported 6 GHz band With a quite rare chance, RX report might be problematic to make SW think a packet is received on 6 GHz band even if the chip does not support 6 GHz band actually. Since SW won't initialize stuffs for unsupported bands, NULL dereference will happen then in the sequence, rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() -> rtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). So, add a check to avoid it. The following is a crash log for this case. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000032 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 1 PID: 1907 Comm: irq/131-rtw89_p Tainted: G U 6.6.56-05896-g89f5fb0eb30b #1 (HASH:1400 4) Hardware name: Google Telith/Telith, BIOS Google_Telith.15217.747.0 11/12/2024 RIP: 0010:rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core] Code: 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 <41> 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: 00000000b8bf5770 RBX: ffff91b5e8c639c0 RCX: 0000000000000011 RDX: ffff91b582de1be8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff91b5e8c639e6 RBP: ffff9f3080138d00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 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: 0000000000000032 CR3: 00000002bf838000 CR4: 0000000000750ee0 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ? __die_body+0x68/0xb0 ? page_fault_oops+0x379/0x3e0 ? exc_page_fault+0x4f/0xa0 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30 ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)] ? rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)] __iterate_interfaces+0x59/0x110 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)] ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)] ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)] ieee80211_iterate_active_interfaces_atomic+0x36/0x50 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)] rtw89_core_rx_to_mac80211+0xfd/0x1b0 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)] rtw89_core_rx+0x43a/0x980 [rtw89_core (HASH:1400 5)]
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-08-22 16:15:38.870000
Last modified
2026-11-05 22:17:22.477000
View original CVE JSON
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"published": "2025-08-22T16:15:38.870",
"lastModified": "2026-11-05T22:17:22.477",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: avoid NULL dereference when RX problematic packet on unsupported 6 GHz band\n\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.\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)]"
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"value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: rtw89: evitar la desreferencia NULL al recibir un paquete problemático en una banda de 6 GHz no compatible. En raras ocasiones, el informe de recepción podría ser problemático 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 producirá una desreferencia NULL en la secuencia rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter() -> rtw89_core_cancel_6ghz_probe_tx(). Por lo tanto, se debe añadir una comprobación para evitarlo. A continuación, se muestra un registro de fallos para este caso. ERROR: desreferencia de puntero NULL del kernel, dirección: 0000000000000032 #PF: acceso de lectura del supervisor en modo kernel #PF: error_code(0x0000) - página 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] Código: 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 <41> 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_página_oops+0x379/0x3e0 ? error_página_oops+0x4f/0xa0 ? error_página_oops+0x22/0x30 ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [núcleo_rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] ? rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0xd2/0x310 [núcleo_rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] __iterate_interfaces+0x59/0x110 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)] ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [núcleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] ? __pfx_rtw89_vif_rx_stats_iter+0x10/0x10 [núcleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] ieee80211_iterar_interfaces_activas_atómicas+0x36/0x50 [mac80211 (HASH:1400 6)] rtw89_núcleo_rx_a_mac80211+0xfd/0x1b0 [núcleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)] rtw89_núcleo_rx+0x43a/0x980 [núcleo rtw89 (HASH:1400 5)]"
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