CVE-2025-38647

MEDIUM
2025-08-22 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
5.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:08 vuln.today
Patch Released
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:08 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Aug 22, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: sar: drop lockdep assertion in rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi The following assertion is triggered on the rtw89 driver startup. It looks meaningless to hold wiphy lock on the early init stage so drop the assertion. WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 629 at drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/sar.c:502 rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 629 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.15.0+ #29 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: LENOVO 21D0/LNVNB161216, BIOS J6CN50WW 09/27/2024 RIP: 0010:rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core] Call Trace: <TASK> rtw89_sar_init+0x68/0x2c0 [rtw89_core] rtw89_core_init+0x188e/0x1e50 [rtw89_core] rtw89_pci_probe+0x530/0xb50 [rtw89_pci] local_pci_probe+0xd9/0x190 pci_call_probe+0x183/0x540 pci_device_probe+0x171/0x2c0 really_probe+0x1e1/0x890 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x390 driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x120 __driver_attach+0x1a0/0x530 bus_for_each_dev+0x10b/0x190 bus_add_driver+0x2eb/0x540 driver_register+0x1a3/0x3a0 do_one_initcall+0xd5/0x450 do_init_module+0x2cc/0x8f0 init_module_from_file+0xe1/0x150 idempotent_init_module+0x226/0x760 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xcd/0x150 do_syscall_64+0x94/0x380 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).

Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: sar: drop lockdep assertion in rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi The following assertion is triggered on the rtw89 driver. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical Context

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw89: sar: drop lockdep assertion in rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi The following assertion is triggered on the rtw89 driver startup. It looks meaningless to hold wiphy lock on the early init stage so drop the assertion. WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 629 at drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/sar.c:502 rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 629 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.15.0+ #29 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: LENOVO 21D0/LNVNB161216, BIOS J6CN50WW 09/27/2024 RIP: 0010:rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core] Call Trace: <TASK> rtw89_sar_init+0x68/0x2c0 [rtw89_core] rtw89_core_init+0x188e/0x1e50 [rtw89_core] rtw89_pci_probe+0x530/0xb50 [rtw89_pci] local_pci_probe+0xd9/0x190 pci_call_probe+0x183/0x540 pci_device_probe+0x171/0x2c0 really_probe+0x1e1/0x890 __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x390 driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x120 __driver_attach+0x1a0/0x530 bus_for_each_dev+0x10b/0x190 bus_add_driver+0x2eb/0x540 driver_register+0x1a3/0x3a0 do_one_initcall+0xd5/0x450 do_init_module+0x2cc/0x8f0 init_module_from_file+0xe1/0x150 idempotent_init_module+0x226/0x760 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xcd/0x150 do_syscall_64+0x94/0x380 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org). Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

Affected Products

Linux Linux Kernel.

Remediation

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +0.0
CVSS: +28
POC: 0

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