HighFix available
wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start() Preserve the error code if iwl_setup_deferred_work() fails. The current code returns ERR_PTR(0) (which is NULL) on this path. I believe the missing error code potentially leads to a use after free involving debugfs.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.114, 6.6.160
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38656
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 17:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 22 Aug 2025, 16:00 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start() Preserve the error code if iwl_setup_deferred_work() fails. The current code returns ERR_PTR(0) (which is NULL) on this path. I believe the missing error code potentially leads to a use after free involving debugfs.
osv:CVE-2025-38656
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.160, 6.12.114
Complete source record
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