{"id":"CVE-2025-38601","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists\n\nIn a number of cases we see kernel panics on resume due\nto ath11k kernel page fault, which happens under …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists\n\nIn a number of cases we see kernel panics on resume due\nto ath11k kernel page fault, which happens under …","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-909"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 5.7, < 5.10.241","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.190","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.148","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.102","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.42","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.10","linux_kernel >= 6.16, < 6.16.1","debian_linux = 11.0"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.16.1"],"published":"2025-08-19","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T22:18:46.823","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38601","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ebb5fe494501c19f31270008b26ab95201af6fd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16872194c80f2724472fc207991712895ac8a230","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6daae987a829534636fd85ed6f84d5f0ad7fa4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf201c55fdf303e79005038648dfa1e8af48f54","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a48be1f53942793f3bc68a37fad1f38b53b082","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/916ac18d526a26f6072866b1a97622cf1351ef1c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5b46aa7cf5f05c213316a018e49a8e086efd98e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff3bb53c18c0ed4ab6f43d412b3ed3aecad52d5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00251,"epssPercentile":0.16418,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T21:52:09.814463Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T22:48:25.515Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38601","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists\n\nIn a number of cases we see kernel panics on resume due\nto ath11k kernel page fault, which happens under the\nfollowing circumstances:\n\n1) First ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call\n\n Last interrupt received for each group:\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 22511ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14440788ms before\n [..]\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Service connect timeout\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to connect to HTT: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to start core: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware crashed: MHI_CB_EE_RDDM\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: already resetting count 2\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to wait wlan mode request (mode 4): -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qmi failed to send wlan mode off: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to reconfigure driver on crash recovery\n [..]\n\n2) At this point reconfiguration fails (we have 2 resets) and\n  ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash() calls ath11k_hal_srng_deinit()\n  which destroys srng lists.  However, it does not reset per-list\n  ->initialized flag.\n\n3) Second ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call sees stale ->initialized\n  flag and attempts to dump srng stats:\n\n Last interrupt received for each group:\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 66785ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 2 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 3 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 4 14780845ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 5 14780845ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 6 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 7 66814ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 8 68997ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 9 67588ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 10 69511ms before\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffa007404eb010\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 10022d067 PMD 100b01067 PTE 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k]\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die_body+0xae/0xb0\n ? page_fault_oops+0x381/0x3e0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0xa0\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n ? ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]\n ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work+0xbd/0x1050 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]\n worker_thread+0x389/0x930\n kthread+0x149/0x170\n\nClear per-list ->initialized flag in ath11k_hal_srng_deinit().\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.7, < 5.10.241`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.190`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.148`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.102`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.42`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.10`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.16, < 6.16.1`\n- `debian_linux = 11.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.16.1`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}