CVE-2025-38604

CVE.org · Published

Record status: Published
Identifier year (not publication year): 2025
Source publication: Aug 19, 2025
Source updated: Aug 5, 2026
Imported by cveboard: Oct 24, 2026
Source snapshot: cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline · Oct 24, 2026

CNA source text (English)

wifi: rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtl818x: Kill URBs before clearing tx status queue In rtl8187_stop() move the call of usb_kill_anchored_urbs() before clearing b_tx_status.queue. This change prevents callbacks from using already freed skb due to anchor was not killed before freeing such skb. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/7 Not tainted 6.15.0 #8 PREEMPT(voluntary) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 RIP: 0010:ieee80211_tx_status_irqsafe+0x21/0xc0 [mac80211] Call Trace: <IRQ> rtl8187_tx_cb+0x116/0x150 [rtl8187] __usb_hcd_giveback_urb+0x9d/0x120 usb_giveback_urb_bh+0xbb/0x140 process_one_work+0x19b/0x3c0 bh_worker+0x1a7/0x210 tasklet_action+0x10/0x30 handle_softirqs+0xf0/0x340 __irq_exit_rcu+0xcd/0xf0 common_interrupt+0x85/0xa0 </IRQ> Tested on RTL8187BvE device. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor: Linux
Product: Linux
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: unaffected

Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	e64732ebff9e24258e7326f07adbe2f2b990daf8	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	789415771422f4fb9f444044f86ecfaec55df1bd	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	c73c773b09e313278f9b960303a2809b8440bac6	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	8c767727f331fb9455b0f81daad832b5925688cb	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	14ca6952691fa8cc91e7644512e6ff24a595283f	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	7858a95566f4ebf59524666683d2dcdba3fca968	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	c51a45ad9070a6d296174fcbe5c466352836c12b	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	81cfe34d0630de4e23ae804dcc08fb6f861dc37d	Unavailable	None listed
c1db52b9d27ee6e15a7136e67e4a21dc916cd07f	`affected`	git	16d8fd74dbfca0ea58645cd2fca13be10cae3cdd	Unavailable	None listed

Linux

Vendor: Linux
Product: Linux
Platforms: Unknown
Default status: affected

Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)	Status (status)	Version scheme (versionType)	Exclusive end (lessThan)	Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)	Status changes (at → status)
2.6.29	`affected`	Unavailable	Unavailable	Unavailable	None listed
0	`unaffected`	semver	2.6.29	Unavailable	None listed
5.4.297	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	5.4.*	None listed
5.10.241	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	5.10.*	None listed
5.15.190	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	5.15.*	None listed
6.1.148	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.1.*	None listed
6.6.102	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.6.*	None listed
6.12.42	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.12.*	None listed
6.15.10	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.15.*	None listed
6.16.1	`unaffected`	semver	Unavailable	6.16.*	None listed
6.17	`unaffected`	original_commit_for_fix	Unavailable	*	None listed