CVE-2025-38643
8.8 · HIGHOverview
CVE-2025-38643 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on August 22, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()
Callers of wdev_chandef() must hold the wiphy mutex.
But the worker cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk() never takes the lock.
Which triggers the warning below with the mesh_peer_connected_dfs
test from hostapd and not (yet) released mac80211 code changes:
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 495 at net/wireless/chan.c:1552 wdev_chandef+0x60/0x165
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 495 Comm: kworker/u4:2 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc5-wt-g03960e6f9d47 #33 13c287eeabfe1efea01c0bcc863723ab082e17cf
Workqueue: cfg80211 cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk
Stack:
00000000 00000001 ffffff00 6093267c
00000000 6002ec30 6d577c50 60037608
00000000 67e8d108 6063717b 00000000
Call Trace:
[<6002ec30>] ? _printk+0x0/0x98
[<6003c2b3>] show_stack+0x10e/0x11a
[<6002ec30>] ? _printk+0x0/0x98
[<60037608>] dump_stack_lvl+0x71/0xb8
[<6063717b>] ? wdev_chandef+0x60/0x165
[<6003766d>] dump_stack
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.14.170, < 4.15 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-38643?
CVE-2025-38643 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on August 22, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2025-38643?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-38643?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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