CVE-2025-38096 wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error
A flaw in the iwlwifi driver causes unnecessary warnings during firmware errors, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-38096?
CVE-2025-38096 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error
iwl_trans_reclaim is warning if it is called when the FW is not alive. But if it is called when there is a pending restart, i.e. after a FW error, there is no need to warn, instead - return silently.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38096?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38096?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-38096 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38096 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-64631, AZL-70621, BELL-CVE-2025-38096, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38096, GHSA-h6c2-23rv-4mwc, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-38096 and 4 more.