CVE-2025-71229
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.89%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedFeb 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
rtw_core_enable_beacon() reads 4 bytes from an address that is not a
multiple of 4. This results in a crash on some systems.
Do 1 byte reads/writes instead.
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff8000827e0522
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000021
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x21: alig…
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/linuxad6741b1e0449ba8f4eb41dc28e269dc20ab9219 — 71dee092903adb496fe1f357b267d94087b679e0+5
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-w94g-pmcx-r454: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
rtw_core_enable_bea↗2026-02-18
OSV▶
CVE-2025-71229: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon() rtw_core_enable_beaco↗2026-02-18