CVE-2025-21828

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't flush non-uploaded STAs If STA state is pre-moved to AUTHORIZED (such as in IBSS scenarios) and insertion fails, the station is freed. In this case, the driver never knew about the station, so trying to flush it is unexpected and may crash. Check if the sta was uploaded to the driver before and fix this.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9efb5531271fa7ebae993b2a33a705d9947c7ce6	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa3ce3f8fafa0b8fb062f28024855ea8cb3f3450	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd10b7fcb95a6a86c67adc54304c59a578ab16af	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf21ef3d430847ba864bbc9b2774fffcc03ce321	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-03-06 16:15

Updated : 2025-10-31 16:17

NVD link : CVE-2025-21828

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21828

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21828

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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