---
id: CVE-2025-38096
title: 'wifi: iwlwifi: don''t warn when if there is a FW error'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error

  iwl_trans_reclaim is warning if it is called when the FW is not alive.
  But if it is called when there is a pendin…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 <
    0709bdf1faa6136c13808289b01db426cfd03ed7
  - >-
    Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 <
    20d00e9b5309107b30d882a67639d6fbbfaba36a
  - >-
    Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 <
    0446d34a853d9576e2a7628c803d2abd2f8cf3a8
  - >-
    Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 <
    d07a08f42dc7230c902e1af2a899a72b0a03aa69
  - >-
    Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 <
    c7f50d0433a016d43681592836a3d484817bfb34
  - Linux 4.5
published: '2025-07-03'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T12:21:41.383Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38096'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0709bdf1faa6136c13808289b01db426cfd03ed7'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/20d00e9b5309107b30d882a67639d6fbbfaba36a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0446d34a853d9576e2a7628c803d2abd2f8cf3a8'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d07a08f42dc7230c902e1af2a899a72b0a03aa69'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f50d0433a016d43681592836a3d484817bfb34'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00224
epssPercentile: 0.13009
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T12:48:53.708Z'
---

## Overview

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

wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error

iwl_trans_reclaim is warning if it is called when the FW is not alive.
But if it is called when there is a pending restart, i.e. after a FW
error, there is no need to warn, instead - return silently.

## Affected

- `Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 < 0709bdf1faa6136c13808289b01db426cfd03ed7`
- `Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 < 20d00e9b5309107b30d882a67639d6fbbfaba36a`
- `Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 < 0446d34a853d9576e2a7628c803d2abd2f8cf3a8`
- `Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 < d07a08f42dc7230c902e1af2a899a72b0a03aa69`
- `Linux >= e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 < c7f50d0433a016d43681592836a3d484817bfb34`
- `Linux 4.5`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.