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CVE-2025-38045: wifi: iwlwifi: fix debug actions order

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-06-18 · updated 2026-10-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix debug actions order The order of actions taken for debug was implemented incorrectly. Now we implemented the dump split and do the FW reset only in the middle of the dump (rather than the FW killing itself on error.) As a result, some of the actions taken when applying the config will now crash the device, so we need to fix the order.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 6.6.93; from 6.7 before 6.12.31; from 6.13 before 6.14.9 — fixed in 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9
• Linux: 5.16 — fixed in 6.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9; Linux 6.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/181e8b56b74ad3920456dcdc8a361520d9007956
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b790fe67ed483d86c1aeb8be6735bf792caa7e5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/328fbc96ecbee16c5fcbfcb3ac57b476f94da2f0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d7587274282fd92a7db6b70dfbc7c973f4f52b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb29b4ffafb20281624dcd2cbb768d6f30edf600

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