{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21729 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-21729 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-21729 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-21729 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21729 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21729/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21729/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-21729","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21729/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-21729","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-21729","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21729","GHSA-pc9x-vqhx-p2xg","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-21729","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-21729","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21729"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel WiFi driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A race condition in the rtw89 WiFi driver causes a use-after-free, potentially leading to system crashes or arbitrary code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: fix race between cancel_hw_scan and hw_scan completion\n\nThe rtwdev-\u003escanning flag isn't protected by mutex originally, so\ncancel_hw_scan can pass the condition, but suddenly hw_scan completion\nunset the flag and calls ieee80211_scan_completed() that will free\nlocal-\u003ehw_scan_req. Then, cancel_hw_scan raises null-ptr-deref and\nuse-after-free. Fix it by moving the check condition to where\nprotected by mutex.\n\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000088-0x000000000000008f]\n CPU: 2 PID: 6922 Comm: kworker/2:2 Tainted: G           OE\n Hardware name: LENOVO 2356AD1/2356AD1, BIOS G7ETB6WW (2.76 ) 09/10/2019\n Workqueue: events cfg80211_conn_work [cfg80211]\n RIP: 0010:rtw89_fw_h2c_scan_offload_be+0xc33/0x13c3 [rtw89_core]\n Code: 00 45 89 6c 24 1c 0f 85 23 01 00 00 48 8b 85 20 ff ff ff 48 8d\n RSP: 0018:ffff88811fd9f068 EFLAGS: 00010206\n RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88811fd9f258 RCX: 0000000000000001\n RDX: 0000000000000011 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000089\n RBP: ffff88811fd9f170 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n R10: ffff88811fd9f108 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88810e47f960\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 000000000000ffff R15: 0000000000000000\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8881d6f00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 00007531dfca55b0 CR3: 00000001be296004 CR4: 00000000001706e0\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  ? show_regs+0x61/0x73\n  ? __die_body+0x20/0x73\n  ? die_addr+0x4f/0x7b\n  ? exc_general_protection+0x191/0x1db\n  ? asm_exc_general_protection+0x27/0x30\n  ? rtw89_fw_h2c_scan_offload_be+0xc33/0x13c3 [rtw89_core]\n  ? rtw89_fw_h2c_scan_offload_be+0x458/0x13c3 [rtw89_core]\n  ? __pfx_rtw89_fw_h2c_scan_offload_be+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core]\n  ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xdb\n  ? __pfx_do_raw_spin_lock+0x10/0x10\n  rtw89_hw_scan_offload+0xb5e/0xbf7 [rtw89_core]\n  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x24\n  ? __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x40c/0x471\n  ? __pfx_rtw89_hw_scan_offload+0x10/0x10 [rtw89_core]\n  ? __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x1f\n  ? mutex_lock+0xa2/0xdc\n  ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10\n  rtw89_hw_scan_abort+0x58/0xb7 [rtw89_core]\n  rtw89_ops_cancel_hw_scan+0x120/0x13b [rtw89_core]\n  ieee80211_scan_cancel+0x468/0x4d0 [mac80211]\n  ieee80211_prep_connection+0x858/0x899 [mac80211]\n  ieee80211_mgd_auth+0xbea/0xdde [mac80211]\n  ? __pfx_ieee80211_mgd_auth+0x10/0x10 [mac80211]\n  ? cfg80211_find_elem+0x15/0x29 [cfg80211]\n  ? is_bss+0x1b7/0x1d7 [cfg80211]\n  ieee80211_auth+0x18/0x27 [mac80211]\n  cfg80211_mlme_auth+0x3bb/0x3e7 [cfg80211]\n  cfg80211_conn_do_work+0x410/0xb81 [cfg80211]\n  ? __pfx_cfg80211_conn_do_work+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211]\n  ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x1f\n  ? psi_group_change+0x8bc/0x944\n  ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x22\n  ? mutex_lock+0x8e/0xdc\n  ? __pfx_mutex_lock+0x10/0x10\n  ? __pfx___radix_tree_lookup+0x10/0x10\n  cfg80211_conn_work+0x245/0x34d [cfg80211]\n  ? __pfx_cfg80211_conn_work+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211]\n  ? update_cfs_rq_load_avg+0x3bc/0x3d7\n  ? sched_clock_noinstr+0x9/0x1a\n  ? sched_clock+0x10/0x24\n  ? sched_clock_cpu+0x7e/0x42e\n  ? newidle_balance+0x796/0x937\n  ? __pfx_sched_clock_cpu+0x10/0x10\n  ? __pfx_newidle_balance+0x10/0x10\n  ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x1f\n  ? psi_group_change+0x8bc/0x944\n  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0xe/0x24\n  ? raw_spin_rq_unlock+0x47/0x54\n  ? raw_spin_rq_unlock_irq+0x9/0x1f\n  ? finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x347/0x586\n  ? __schedule+0x27bf/0x2892\n  ? mutex_unlock+0x80/0xd0\n  ? do_raw_spin_lock+0x75/0xdb\n  ? __pfx___schedule+0x10/0x10\n  process_scheduled_works+0x58c/0x821\n  worker_thread+0x4c7/0x586\n  ? __kasan_check_read+0x11/0x1f\n  kthread+0x285/0x294\n  ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork+0x29/0x6f\n  ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n  ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30\n  \u003c/TASK\u003e","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"wifi: rtw89: fix race between cancel_hw_scan and hw_scan completion","id":"CVE-2025-21729","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"wifi: rtw89: avoid to init mgnt_entry list twice when WoWLAN failed","id":"CVE-2025-21730"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"bpf: Send signals asynchronously if !preemptible","id":"CVE-2025-21728"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-02-27","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-21","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A race condition in the rtw89 WiFi driver causes a use-after-free, potentially leading to system crashes or arbitrary code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-21729/"}