CVE-2025-38009 — Improper Input Validation in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 18
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: disable napi on driver removal
A warning on driver removal started occurring after commit 9dd05df8403b
("net: warn if NAPI instance wasn't shut down"). Disable tx napi before
deleting it in mt76_dma_cleanup().
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 18828 at net/core/dev.c:7288 __netif_napi_del_locked+0xf0/0x100
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 18828 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4 #4 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PR…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2ac515a5d74f26963362d5da9589c67ca3663338 — ff0f820fa5b99035b3c654dd531226d8d83aec5f+7
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0