CVE-2025-21930

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't try to talk to a dead firmware This fixes: bad state = 0 WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 702 at drivers/net/wireless/inel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.c:178 iwl_trans_send_cmd+0xba/0xe0 [iwlwifi] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xca/0x1c0 ? iwl_trans_send_cmd+0xba/0xe0 [iwlwifi 64fa9ad799a0e0d2ba53d4af93a53ad9a531f8d4] iwl_fw_dbg_clear_monitor_buf+0xd7/0x110 [iwlwifi 64fa9ad799a0e0d2ba53d4af93a53ad9a531f8d4] _iwl_dbgfs_fw_dbg_clear_write+0xe2/0x120 [iwlmvm 0e8adb18cea92d2c341766bcc10b18699290068a] Ask whether the firmware is alive before sending a command.

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/437e93ecd40754f9e938d524daf52a10c589e2d4	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73d2c6e3313f0ba60711ab4f4b9044eddca9ca5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7c31a3f4f27d61b9ccd894a7bf4690f137da0ec	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-04-01 16:15

Updated : 2025-10-01 20:18

NVD link : CVE-2025-21930

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21930

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-21930

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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