{"cve":"CVE-2025-71229","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-18T16:22:29.627","modified":"2026-06-17T10:03:54.777","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()\n\nrtw_core_enable_beacon() reads 4 bytes from an address that is not a\nmultiple of 4. This results in a crash on some systems.\n\nDo 1 byte reads/writes instead.\n\nUnable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff8000827e0522\nMem abort info:\n  ESR = 0x0000000096000021\n  EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n  SET = 0, FnV = 0\n  EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n  FSC = 0x21: alignment fault\nData abort info:\n  ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000021, ISS2 = 0x00000000\n  CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0\n  GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0\nswapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000005492000\n[ffff8000827e0522] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=10000001021d9403, pud=10000001021da403, pmd=100000011061c403, pte=00780000f3200f13\nInternal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1]  SMP\nModules linked in: [...] rtw88_8822ce rtw88_8822c rtw88_pci rtw88_core [...]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 73 Comm: kworker/u32:2 Tainted: G        W           6.17.9 #1-NixOS VOLUNTARY\nTainted: [W]=WARN\nHardware name: FriendlyElec NanoPC-T6 LTS (DT)\nWorkqueue: phy0 rtw_c2h_work [rtw88_core]\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci]\nlr : rtw_core_enable_beacon+0xe0/0x148 [rtw88_core]\nsp : ffff800080cc3ca0\nx29: ffff800080cc3ca0 x28: ffff0001031fc240 x27: ffff000102100828\nx26: ffffd2cb7c9b4088 x25: ffff0001031fc2c0 x24: ffff000112fdef00\nx23: ffff000112fdef18 x22: ffff000111c29970 x21: 0000000000000001\nx20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff000111c22040 x18: 0000000000000000\nx17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000\nx14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000\nx11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffd2cb6507c090\nx8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000\nx5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000\nx2 : 0000000000007f10 x1 : 0000000000000522 x0 : ffff8000827e0522\nCall trace:\n rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci] (P)\n rtw_hw_scan_chan_switch+0x124/0x1a8 [rtw88_core]\n rtw_fw_c2h_cmd_handle+0x254/0x290 [rtw88_core]\n rtw_c2h_work+0x50/0x98 [rtw88_core]\n process_one_work+0x178/0x3f8\n worker_thread+0x208/0x418\n kthread+0x120/0x220\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\nCode: d28fe202 8b020000 f9524400 8b214000 (b9400000)\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---","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/0177aa828d966117ea30a44f2e1890fdb356118e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13394550441557115bb74f6de9778c165755a7ab","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653f8b6a091538b084715f259900f62c2ec1c6cf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71dee092903adb496fe1f357b267d94087b679e0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d31dde1bd8678115329e46dc8d7afb63c176b74"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71229","score":0.00138,"percentile":0.03178,"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."]}