{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38642 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-38642 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 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-2025-38642 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-38642 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 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-2025-38642 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-2025-38642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38642/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-38642","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38642/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-38642","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-38642","GHSA-jw44-xqgm-jxvc","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38642"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Linux kernel Wi-Fi","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A kernel warning triggered by monitor mode on specific Wi-Fi devices can cause a denial of service, requiring a patch for affected Linux kernels.","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":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-617","name":"Reachable Assertion"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices\n\nOn devices without WANT_MONITOR_VIF (and probably without\nchannel context support) we get a WARN_ON for changing the\nper-link setting of a monitor interface.\n\nSince we already skip AP_VLAN interfaces and MONITOR with\nWANT_MONITOR_VIF and/or NO_VIRTUAL_MONITOR should update\nthe settings, catch this in the link change code instead\nof the warning.","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: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices","id":"CVE-2025-38642","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":3,"next":{"headline":"wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()","id":"CVE-2025-38643"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Bluetooth: btusb: Fix potential NULL dereference on kmalloc failure","id":"CVE-2025-38641"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-08-22","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":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A kernel warning triggered by monitor mode on specific Wi-Fi devices can cause a denial of service, requiring a patch for affected Linux kernels.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38642/"}