{"cve":"CVE-2025-38601","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-19T17:15:38.233","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:46.823","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists\n\nIn a number of cases we see kernel panics on resume due\nto ath11k kernel page fault, which happens under the\nfollowing circumstances:\n\n1) First ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call\n\n Last interrupt received for each group:\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 22511ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14440788ms before\n [..]\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Service connect timeout\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to connect to HTT: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to start core: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware crashed: MHI_CB_EE_RDDM\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: already resetting count 2\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to wait wlan mode request (mode 4): -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qmi failed to send wlan mode off: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to reconfigure driver on crash recovery\n [..]\n\n2) At this point reconfiguration fails (we have 2 resets) and\n  ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash() calls ath11k_hal_srng_deinit()\n  which destroys srng lists.  However, it does not reset per-list\n  ->initialized flag.\n\n3) Second ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call sees stale ->initialized\n  flag and attempts to dump srng stats:\n\n Last interrupt received for each group:\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 66785ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 2 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 3 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 4 14780845ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 5 14780845ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 6 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 7 66814ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 8 68997ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 9 67588ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 10 69511ms before\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffa007404eb010\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 10022d067 PMD 100b01067 PTE 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k]\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die_body+0xae/0xb0\n ? page_fault_oops+0x381/0x3e0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0xa0\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n ? ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]\n ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work+0xbd/0x1050 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]\n worker_thread+0x389/0x930\n kthread+0x149/0x170\n\nClear per-list ->initialized flag in ath11k_hal_srng_deinit().","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-909"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ebb5fe494501c19f31270008b26ab95201af6fd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16872194c80f2724472fc207991712895ac8a230","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6daae987a829534636fd85ed6f84d5f0ad7fa4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf201c55fdf303e79005038648dfa1e8af48f54","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a48be1f53942793f3bc68a37fad1f38b53b082"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:07:46.309729541+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38601","score":0.00251,"percentile":0.16342,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}