CVE-2025-38642

Published: Aug 22, 2025Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices On devices without WANT_MONITOR_VIF (and probably without channel context support) we get a WARN_ON for changing the per-link setting of a monitor interface. Since we already skip AP_VLAN interfaces and MONITOR with WANT_MONITOR_VIF and/or NO_VIRTUAL_MONITOR should update the settings, catch this in the link change code instead of the warning.

Affected (2)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.13 to 6.15.10
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.16 to 6.16.1

Related CWEs

Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

References (3)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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