{"cve":"CVE-2025-38647","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-22T16:15:39.337","modified":"2026-06-17T09:17:17.873","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: sar: drop lockdep assertion in rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi\n\nThe following assertion is triggered on the rtw89 driver startup. It\nlooks meaningless to hold wiphy lock on the early init stage so drop the\nassertion.\n\n WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 629 at drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/sar.c:502 rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core]\n CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 629 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.15.0+ #29 PREEMPT(lazy)\n Hardware name: LENOVO 21D0/LNVNB161216, BIOS J6CN50WW 09/27/2024\n RIP: 0010:rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core]\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  rtw89_sar_init+0x68/0x2c0 [rtw89_core]\n  rtw89_core_init+0x188e/0x1e50 [rtw89_core]\n  rtw89_pci_probe+0x530/0xb50 [rtw89_pci]\n  local_pci_probe+0xd9/0x190\n  pci_call_probe+0x183/0x540\n  pci_device_probe+0x171/0x2c0\n  really_probe+0x1e1/0x890\n  __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x390\n  driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x120\n  __driver_attach+0x1a0/0x530\n  bus_for_each_dev+0x10b/0x190\n  bus_add_driver+0x2eb/0x540\n  driver_register+0x1a3/0x3a0\n  do_one_initcall+0xd5/0x450\n  do_init_module+0x2cc/0x8f0\n  init_module_from_file+0xe1/0x150\n  idempotent_init_module+0x226/0x760\n  __x64_sys_finit_module+0xcd/0x150\n  do_syscall_64+0x94/0x380\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe21445f7e801de5527d420f8e25e97b0cdd7e2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ac6df92eee030151476078069dc3eb0002dfb0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:07:46.309729541+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38647","score":0.0014,"percentile":0.03327,"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."]}