{"cve":"CVE-2025-38604","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-19T17:15:38.647","modified":"2026-07-30T06:23:30.287","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue\n\nIn rtl8187_stop() move the call of usb_kill_anchored_urbs() before clearing\nb_tx_status.queue. This change prevents callbacks from using already freed\nskb due to anchor was not killed before freeing such skb.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.15.0 #8 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015\n RIP: 0010:ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe+0x21/0xc0 [mac80211]\n Call Trace:\n  <IRQ>\n  rtl8187_tx_cb+0x116/0x150 [rtl8187]\n  __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x9d/0x120\n  usb_giveback_urb_bh+0xbb/0x140\n  process_one_work+0x19b/0x3c0\n  bh_worker+0x1a7/0x210\n  tasklet_action+0x10/0x30\n  handle_softirqs+0xf0/0x340\n  __irq_exit_rcu+0xcd/0xf0\n  common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0\n  </IRQ>\n\nTested on RTL8187BvE device.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14ca6952691fa8cc91e7644512e6ff24a595283f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16d8fd74dbfca0ea58645cd2fca13be10cae3cdd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7858a95566f4ebf59524666683d2dcdba3fca968","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789415771422f4fb9f444044f86ecfaec55df1bd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81cfe34d0630de4e23ae804dcc08fb6f861dc37d"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:07:46.309729541+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38604","score":0.00179,"percentile":0.07457,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}