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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-40000" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-10-15T07:59:14.606Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T22:02:36.100Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40000" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40000.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40000" title: "wifi: rtw89: fix use-after-free in rtw89_core_tx_kick_off_and_wait()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: fix use-after-free in rtw89_core_tx_kick_off_and_wait()\n\nThere is a bug observed when rtw89_core_tx_kick_off_and_wait() tries to\naccess already freed skb_data:\n\n BUG: KFENCE: use-after-free write in rtw89_core_tx_kick_off_and_wait drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c:1110\n\n CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 41377 Comm: kworker/u64:24 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy)\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS edk2-20250523-14.fc42 05/23/2025\n Workqueue: events_unbound cfg80211_wiphy_work [cfg80211]\n\n Use-after-free write at 0x0000000020309d9d (in kfence-#251):\n rtw89_core_tx_kick_off_and_wait drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c:1110\n rtw89_core_scan_complete drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c:5338\n rtw89_hw_scan_complete_cb drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c:7979\n rtw89_chanctx_proceed_cb drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/chan.c:3165\n rtw89_chanctx_proceed drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/chan.h:141\n rtw89_hw_scan_complete drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c:8012\n rtw89_mac_c2h_scanofld_rsp drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/mac.c:5059\n rtw89_fw_c2h_work drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c:6758\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3241\n worker_thread kernel/workqueue.c:3400\n kthread kernel/kthread.c:463\n ret_from_fork arch/x86/kernel/process.c:154\n ret_from_fork_asm arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:258\n\n kfence-#251: 0x0000000056e2393d-0x000000009943cb62, size=232, cache=skbuff_head_cache\n\n allocated by task 41377 on cpu 6 at 77869.159548s (0.009551s ago):\n __alloc_skb net/core/skbuff.c:659\n __netdev_alloc_skb net/core/skbuff.c:734\n ieee80211_nullfunc_get net/mac80211/tx.c:5844\n rtw89_core_send_nullfunc drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c:3431\n rtw89_core_scan_complete drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/core.c:5338\n rtw89_hw_scan_complete_cb drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c:7979\n rtw89_chanctx_proceed_cb drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/chan.c:3165\n rtw89_chanctx_proceed drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/chan.c:3194\n rtw89_hw_scan_complete drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c:8012\n rtw89_mac_c2h_scanofld_rsp drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/mac.c:5059\n rtw89_fw_c2h_work drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/fw.c:6758\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3241\n worker_thread kernel/workqueue.c:3400\n kthread kernel/kthread.c:463\n ret_from_fork arch/x86/kernel/process.c:154\n ret_from_fork_asm arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:258\n\n freed by task 1045 on cpu 9 at 77869.168393s (0.001557s ago):\n ieee80211_tx_status_skb net/mac80211/status.c:1117\n rtw89_pci_release_txwd_skb drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c:564\n rtw89_pci_release_tx_skbs.isra.0 drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c:651\n rtw89_pci_release_tx drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c:676\n rtw89_pci_napi_poll drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c:4238\n __napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7495\n net_rx_action net/core/dev.c:7557 net/core/dev.c:7684\n handle_softirqs kernel/softirq.c:580\n do_softirq.part.0 kernel/softirq.c:480\n __local_bh_enable_ip kernel/softirq.c:407\n rtw89_pci_interrupt_threadfn drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c:927\n irq_thread_fn kernel/irq/manage.c:1133\n irq_thread kernel/irq/manage.c:1257\n kthread kernel/kthread.c:463\n ret_from_fork arch/x86/kernel/process.c:154\n ret_from_fork_asm arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:258\n\nIt is a consequence of a race between the waiting and the signaling side\nof the completion:\n\n Waiting thread Completing thread\n\nrtw89_core_tx_kick_off_and_wait()\n rcu_assign_pointer(skb_data-\u003ewait, wait)\n /* start waiting */\n wait_for_completion_timeout()\n rtw89_pci_tx_status()\n rtw89_core_tx_wait_complete()\n rcu_read_lock()\n /* signals completion and\n \n---truncated---" affected: 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