CVE-2025-38420

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Since such a device\ndoesn't pass 'ieee80211_register_hw()', an internal workqueue\nmanaged by 'ieee80211_queue_work()' is not yet created and an\nattempt to queue work on it causes null-ptr-deref.\n\n[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9a4aec827829942045ff\n[2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0d8afba53e8fb2633217"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: carl9170: no hacer ping al dispositivo que no ha podido cargar el firmware. Syzkaller reporta [1, 2] fallos causados por intentos de hacer ping al dispositivo que no ha podido cargar el firmware. Dado que dicho dispositivo no supera la prueba 'ieee80211_register_hw()', a\u00fan no se crea una cola de trabajo interna administrada por 'ieee80211_queue_work()' y cualquier intento de cola de trabajo en ella provoca un error de referencia nulo (PTR). [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=9a4aec827829942045ff [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=0d8afba53e8fb2633217"}], "lastModified": "2025-12-23T18:42:01.707", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "62C4B4ED-20B5-412A-88A0-E754D8D564CB", "versionEndExcluding": "5.4.295", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.38"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C3D14F4C-A21E-465D-A928-5CCE684E2B98", "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.239", "versionStartIncluding": "5.5"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D96F2C0D-0D4A-4658-AD34-D8A626EA422D", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.186", "versionStartIncluding": "5.11"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "459B4E94-FE0E-434D-B782-95E3A5FFC6B1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.142", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C5E01853-7048-4D78-9479-9AEE41AC8456", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.95", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "E569FD34-0076-4428-BE17-EECCF867611C", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.35", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "DFD174C5-1AA2-4671-BDDC-1A9FCC753655", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.4", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6D4894DB-CCFE-4602-B1BF-3960B2E19A01"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "09709862-E348-4378-8632-5A7813EDDC86"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}