CVE-2025-38121 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 77.93%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Latest updateApr 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: avoid panic on init failure
In case of an error during init, in_hw_restart will be set, but it will
never get cleared.
Instead, we will retry to init again, and then we will act like we are in a
restart when we are actually not.
This causes (among others) to a NULL pointer dereference when canceling
rx_omi::finished_work, that was not even initialized, because we thought
that we are in hw_restart.
Set in_…
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 Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7391b2a4f7dbb7be7dd763bc87506c10f570a8d3 — a26ec8e16958b6dd37dac9daf5fb6978fe0cb0b8+2
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3VulDB▶
Linux Kernel up to 6.15.2 wifi in_hw_restart null pointer dereference (EUVD-2025-19822 / Nessus ID 277738)↗2026-04-18
GHSA▶
GHSA-2prg-gcgc-mm7v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: mld: avoid panic on init failure
In case of an error during init,↗2025-07-03
OSV▶
CVE-2025-38121: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mld: avoid panic on init failure In case of an error during init, i↗2025-07-03