{"id":"CVE-2025-38642","title":"wifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices\n\nOn devices without WANT_MONITOR_VIF (and probably without\nchannel context support) we get a WARN_ON for ch…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557 < ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c","Linux >= c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557 < 1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812","Linux >= c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557 < c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66","Linux 6.13"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T21:05:42.558605Z"},"published":"2025-08-22","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T21:12:50.324Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38642","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00164,"epssPercentile":0.05606,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:32.015Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38642","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices\n\nOn devices without WANT_MONITOR_VIF (and probably without\nchannel context support) we get a WARN_ON for changing the\nper-link setting of a monitor interface.\n\nSince we already skip AP_VLAN interfaces and MONITOR with\nWANT_MONITOR_VIF and/or NO_VIRTUAL_MONITOR should update\nthe settings, catch this in the link change code instead\nof the warning.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557 < ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c`\n- `Linux >= c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557 < 1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812`\n- `Linux >= c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557 < c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66`\n- `Linux 6.13`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}