CVE-2025-38291CWE-670

CVE-2025-38291

High · published July 10, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath12k: Prevent sending WMI commands to firmware during firmware crash

Currently, we encounter the following kernel call trace when a firmware

crash occurs. This happens because the host sends WMI commands to the

firmware while it is in recovery, causing the commands to fail and

resulting in the kernel call trace.

Set the ATH12K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH and ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY flags when the

host driver receives the firmware crash notification from MHI. This

prevents sending WMI commands to the firmware during recovery.

Call Trace:

<TASK>

dump_stack_lvl+0x75/0xc0

register_lock_class+0x6be/0x7a0

? __lock_acquire+0x644/0x19a0

__lock_acquire+0x95/0x19a0

lock_acquire+0x265/0x310

? ath12k_ce_send+0xa2/0x210 [ath12k]

? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0

? ath12k_ce_send+0x56/0x210 [ath12k]

_raw_spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x70

? ath12k_ce_send+0xa2/0x210 [ath12k]

ath12k_ce_send+0xa2/0x210 [ath12k]

ath12k_htc_send+0x178/0x390 [ath12k]

ath12k_wmi_cmd_send_nowait+0x76/0xa0 [ath12k]

ath12k_wmi_cmd_send+0x62/0x190 [ath12k]

ath12k_wmi_pdev_bss_chan_info_request+0x62/0xc0 [ath1

ath12k_mac_op_get_survey+0x2be/0x310 [ath12k]

ieee80211_dump_survey+0x99/0x240 [mac80211]

nl80211_dump_survey+0xe7/0x470 [cfg80211]

? kmalloc_reserve+0x59/0xf0

genl_dumpit+0x24/0x70

netlink_dump+0x177/0x360

__netlink_dump_start+0x206/0x280

genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit.isra.22+0x8a/0xe0

? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.23+0xe0/0xe0

? genl_op_lock.part.12+0x10/0x10

? genl_dumpit+0x70/0x70

genl_rcv_msg+0x1d0/0x290

? nl80211_del_station+0x330/0x330 [cfg80211]

? genl_get_cmd_both+0x50/0x50

netlink_rcv_skb+0x4f/0x100

genl_rcv+0x1f/0x30

netlink_unicast+0x1b6/0x260

netlink_sendmsg+0x31a/0x450

__sock_sendmsg+0xa8/0xb0

____sys_sendmsg+0x1e4/0x260

___sys_sendmsg+0x89/0xe0

? local_clock_noinstr+0xb/0xc0

? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40

? kfree+0x1de/0x370

? __sys_sendmsg+0x7a/0xc0

Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00225 · 12.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-670 · Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation
Published
2025-07-10T12:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.15.36.15.3
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JUL 07:42Z
    wifi: ath12k: Prevent sending WMI commands to firmware during firmware crash
    cvelistv5