{"cve":"CVE-2025-38290","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-10T08:15:27.583","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:37.870","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix node corruption in ar->arvifs list\n\nIn current WLAN recovery code flow, ath12k_core_halt() only reinitializes\nthe \"arvifs\" list head. This will cause the list node immediately following\nthe list head to become an invalid list node. Because the prev of that node\nstill points to the list head \"arvifs\", but the next of the list head\n\"arvifs\" no longer points to that list node.\n\nWhen a WLAN recovery occurs during the execution of a vif removal, and it\nhappens before the spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock) in\nath12k_mac_vdev_delete(), list_del() will detect the previously mentioned\nsituation, thereby triggering a kernel panic.\n\nThe fix is to remove and reinitialize all vif list nodes from the list head\n\"arvifs\" during WLAN halt. The reinitialization is to make the list nodes\nvalid, ensuring that the list_del() in ath12k_mac_vdev_delete() can execute\nnormally.\n\nCall trace:\n__list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xd4/0x100 (P)\nath12k_mac_remove_link_interface.isra.0+0xf8/0x2e4 [ath12k]\nath12k_scan_vdev_clean_work+0x40/0x164 [ath12k]\ncfg80211_wiphy_work+0xfc/0x100\nprocess_one_work+0x164/0x2d0\nworker_thread+0x254/0x380\nkthread+0xfc/0x100\nret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\nThe change is mostly copied from the ath11k patch:\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/all/20250320053145.3445187-1-quic_stonez@quicinc.com/\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-362","CWE-672"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6285516170f9e2f04b9dbf1e5100e0d7cbac22b4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bfe7ae9bbd9734751b853e2d2e1c13e8b46fd2d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823435bd23108d6f8be89ea2d025c0e2e3769c51","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be049199dec9189602bc06e2c70eda3aa0f2ea6e"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38290","score":0.0024,"percentile":0.15,"date":"2026-10-26"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}