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CVE-2025-38602: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue

• 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: 2025-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-252

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue since it may return NULL pointer.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 2.6.24 before 5.4.297; from 5.5 before 5.10.241; from 5.11 before 5.15.190; from 5.16 before 6.1.148; from 6.2 before 6.6.102; from 6.7 before 6.12.42 — fixed in 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.148, 6.12.42, 6.15.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.148. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9f85ee3b46453a2f250a57d3a9f10c70c71202
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6663c52608d8d8727bf1911e6d9218069ba1c85e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a1b527eaea9430b1bd87de59f3b9f6bd225701
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd6350307af6521b6240b295c93b7eec4daebe6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90a0d9f339960448a3acc1437a46730f975efd6a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398120fbe0acfef60b16f6a0f69902d385d7728
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0e43c3f6c0a79381b468574c241065998412b7c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c80832d445653baba5ac80cd2c2637c437ac881b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca980f1911a7144d451d1c31298ab8507c6bd88f
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

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