---
cve: "CVE-2025-38601"
severity: "HIGH"
cvss: 8.8
epss: "23%"
vendor: "Linux"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2025-08-19 17:15:38"
tags: [cve, security, high]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-10T07:47:46+02:00"
---

# CVE-2025-38601

> 8.8 HIGH

## Beschreibung

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

wifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists

In a number of cases we see kernel panics on resume due
to ath11k kernel page fault, which happens under the
following circumstances:

1) First ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call

 Last interrupt received for each group:
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 22511ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14440788ms before
 [..]
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Service connect timeout
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to connect to HTT: -110
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to start core: -110
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware crashed: MHI_CB_EE_RDDM
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: already resetting count 2
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to wait wlan mode request (mode 4): -110
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qmi failed to send wlan mode off: -110
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to reconfigure driver on crash recovery
 [..]

2) At this point reconfiguration fails (we have 2 resets) and
  ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash() calls ath11k_hal_srng_deinit()
  which destroys srng lists.  However, it does not reset per-list
  ->initialized flag.

3) Second ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call sees stale ->initialized
  flag and attempts to dump srng stats:

 Last interrupt received for each group:
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 66785ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14485062ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 2 14485062ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 3 14485062ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 4 14780845ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 5 14780845ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 6 14485062ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 7 66814ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 8 68997ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 9 67588ms before
 ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 10 69511ms before
 BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffa007404eb010
 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
 #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
 PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 10022d067 PMD 100b01067 PTE 0
 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
 RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k]
 Call Trace:
 
 ? __die_body+0xae/0xb0
 ? page_fault_oops+0x381/0x3e0
 ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0xa0
 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
 ? ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]
 ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work+0xbd/0x1050 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]
 worker_thread+0x389/0x930
 kthread+0x149/0x170

Clear per-list ->initialized flag in ath11k_hal_srng_deinit().

## CVSS-Vektor

```
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
```

| Metrik | Wert | Bewertung |
|---|---|---|
| AV Angriffsvektor | Benachbart | warn |
| AC Komplexität | Gering | bad |
| PR Privilegien | Keine | bad |
| UI Interaktion | Keine | bad |
| S Scope | Unverändert | good |
| C Vertraulichkeit | Hoch | bad |
| I Integrität | Hoch | bad |
| A Verfügbarkeit | Hoch | bad |

## Patch verfügbar (OSV)

- Kernel ≥ 5.10.241
- Kernel ≥ 5.15.190
- Kernel ≥ 6.1.148
- Kernel ≥ 6.6.102
- Kernel ≥ 6.12.42
- Kernel ≥ 6.15.10
- Kernel ≥ 6.16.1

## Referenzen

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6daae987a829534636fd85ed6f84d5f0ad7fa4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff3bb53c18c0ed4ab6f43d412b3ed3aecad52d5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/916ac18d526a26f6072866b1a97622cf1351ef1c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf201c55fdf303e79005038648dfa1e8af48f54>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a48be1f53942793f3bc68a37fad1f38b53b082>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ebb5fe494501c19f31270008b26ab95201af6fd>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16872194c80f2724472fc207991712895ac8a230>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5b46aa7cf5f05c213316a018e49a8e086efd98e>
- <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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