{"cve":"CVE-2025-38644","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-22T16:15:38.567","modified":"2026-06-17T09:17:17.513","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated\n\nsyzbot triggered a WARN in ieee80211_tdls_oper() by sending\nNL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK immediately after NL80211_CMD_CONNECT,\nbefore association completed and without prior TDLS setup.\n\nThis left internal state like sdata->u.mgd.tdls_peer uninitialized,\nleading to a WARN_ON() in code paths that assumed it was valid.\n\nReject the operation early if not in station mode or not associated.","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-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c84204cf0bbe89e454a5caccc6a908bc7db1542","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ecdab5446f15a61ec88eb0d23d25d009821db0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31af06b574394530f68a4310c45ecbe2f68853c4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/378ae9ccaea3f445838a087962a067b5cb2e8577","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df663d4c1ca386dcab2f743dfc9f0cc07aef73c"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:07:46.309729541+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38644","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05866,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}