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CVE-2025-38513

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: zd1211rw: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev()

There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(). For example, the following is possible:

T0 T1

zd_mac_tx_to_dev() /* len == skb_queue_len(q) */ while (len > ZD_MAC_MAX_ACK_WAITERS) {

filter_ack() spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags); /* position == skb_queue_len(q) */ for (i=1; i<position; i++) skb = __skb_dequeue(q) if (mac->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) skb = __skb_dequeue(q); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags); skb_dequeue() -> NULL

Since there is a small gap between checking skb queue length and skb being unconditionally dequeued in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(), skb_dequeue() can return NULL. Then the pointer is passed to zd_mac_tx_status() where it is dereferenced.

In order to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference due to situations like above, check if skb is not NULL before passing it to zd_mac_tx_status().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

  • Published: Aug 16, 2025
  • Updated: Jan 8, 2026
  • CVE: CVE-2025-38513
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 2.6.25 5.4.296
linux / linux_kernel 5.5 5.10.240
linux / linux_kernel 5.11 5.15.189
linux / linux_kernel 5.16 6.1.146
linux / linux_kernel 6.2 6.6.99
linux / linux_kernel 6.7 6.12.39
linux / linux_kernel 6.13 6.15.7
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc1 6.16-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc2 6.16-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc3 6.16-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc4 6.16-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc5 6.16-rc5.x
debian / debian_linux 11.0 11.0.x