{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38291 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-38291 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Jul 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-2025-38291 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-38291 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 Jul 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-2025-38291 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-2025-38291/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38291/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-38291","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38291/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-38291","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-38291","GHSA-j45q-p2r4-75m3","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38291"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel WiFi driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A flaw in the ath12k WiFi driver causes a kernel crash when sending commands during firmware recovery, leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-670","name":"Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: Prevent sending WMI commands to firmware during firmware crash\n\nCurrently, we encounter the following kernel call trace when a firmware\ncrash occurs. This happens because the host sends WMI commands to the\nfirmware while it is in recovery, causing the commands to fail and\nresulting in the kernel call trace.\n\nSet the ATH12K_FLAG_CRASH_FLUSH and ATH12K_FLAG_RECOVERY flags when the\nhost driver receives the firmware crash notification from MHI. This\nprevents sending WMI commands to the firmware during recovery.\n\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x75/0xc0\n register_lock_class+0x6be/0x7a0\n ? __lock_acquire+0x644/0x19a0\n __lock_acquire+0x95/0x19a0\n lock_acquire+0x265/0x310\n ? ath12k_ce_send+0xa2/0x210 [ath12k]\n ? find_held_lock+0x34/0xa0\n ? ath12k_ce_send+0x56/0x210 [ath12k]\n _raw_spin_lock_bh+0x33/0x70\n ? ath12k_ce_send+0xa2/0x210 [ath12k]\n ath12k_ce_send+0xa2/0x210 [ath12k]\n ath12k_htc_send+0x178/0x390 [ath12k]\n ath12k_wmi_cmd_send_nowait+0x76/0xa0 [ath12k]\n ath12k_wmi_cmd_send+0x62/0x190 [ath12k]\n ath12k_wmi_pdev_bss_chan_info_request+0x62/0xc0 [ath1\n ath12k_mac_op_get_survey+0x2be/0x310 [ath12k]\n ieee80211_dump_survey+0x99/0x240 [mac80211]\n nl80211_dump_survey+0xe7/0x470 [cfg80211]\n ? kmalloc_reserve+0x59/0xf0\n genl_dumpit+0x24/0x70\n netlink_dump+0x177/0x360\n __netlink_dump_start+0x206/0x280\n genl_family_rcv_msg_dumpit.isra.22+0x8a/0xe0\n ? genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse.isra.23+0xe0/0xe0\n ? genl_op_lock.part.12+0x10/0x10\n ? genl_dumpit+0x70/0x70\n genl_rcv_msg+0x1d0/0x290\n ? nl80211_del_station+0x330/0x330 [cfg80211]\n ? genl_get_cmd_both+0x50/0x50\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x4f/0x100\n genl_rcv+0x1f/0x30\n netlink_unicast+0x1b6/0x260\n netlink_sendmsg+0x31a/0x450\n __sock_sendmsg+0xa8/0xb0\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e4/0x260\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x89/0xe0\n ? local_clock_noinstr+0xb/0xc0\n ? rcu_is_watching+0xd/0x40\n ? kfree+0x1de/0x370\n ? __sys_sendmsg+0x7a/0xc0\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1","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: ath12k: Prevent sending WMI commands to firmware during firmware crash","id":"CVE-2025-38291","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"wifi: ath12k: fix invalid access to memory","id":"CVE-2025-38292"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"wifi: ath12k: fix node corruption in ar-\u003earvifs list","id":"CVE-2025-38290"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-07-10","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":"2026-10-15","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A flaw in the ath12k WiFi driver causes a kernel crash when sending commands during firmware recovery, leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38291/"}