{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38605 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-38605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Aug 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-2025-38605 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-38605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Aug 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-2025-38605 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-2025-38605/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38605/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-38605","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38605/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-38605","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-38605","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38605","GHSA-6q42-8x5p-5c72","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-38605","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38605","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38605"],"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":"low_privilege","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the ath12k WiFi driver can cause a kernel panic during vdev deletion, leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: Pass ab pointer directly to ath12k_dp_tx_get_encap_type()\n\nIn ath12k_dp_tx_get_encap_type(), the arvif parameter is only used to\nretrieve the ab pointer. In vdev delete sequence the arvif-\u003ear could\nbecome NULL and that would trigger kernel panic.\nSince the caller ath12k_dp_tx() already has a valid ab pointer, pass it\ndirectly to avoid panic and unnecessary dereferencing.\n\nPC points to \"ath12k_dp_tx+0x228/0x988 [ath12k]\"\nLR points to \"ath12k_dp_tx+0xc8/0x988 [ath12k]\".\nThe Backtrace obtained is as follows:\nath12k_dp_tx+0x228/0x988 [ath12k]\nath12k_mac_tx_check_max_limit+0x608/0x920 [ath12k]\nieee80211_process_measurement_req+0x320/0x348 [mac80211]\nieee80211_tx_dequeue+0x9ac/0x1518 [mac80211]\nieee80211_tx_dequeue+0xb14/0x1518 [mac80211]\nieee80211_tx_prepare_skb+0x224/0x254 [mac80211]\nieee80211_xmit+0xec/0x100 [mac80211]\n__ieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0xc50/0xf40 [mac80211]\nieee80211_subif_start_xmit+0x2e8/0x308 [mac80211]\nnetdev_start_xmit+0x150/0x18c\ndev_hard_start_xmit+0x74/0xc0\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-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: Pass ab pointer directly to ath12k_dp_tx_get_encap_type()","id":"CVE-2025-38605","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"wifi: ath12k: Avoid accessing uninitialized arvif-\u003ear during beacon miss","id":"CVE-2025-38606"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"wifi: rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue","id":"CVE-2025-38604"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-08-19","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":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-21","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A null pointer dereference in the ath12k WiFi driver can cause a kernel panic during vdev deletion, leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38605/"}