CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-21828

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the mac80211 WiFi module was found where if STA state is pre-moved to AUTHORIZED (e.g., in IBSS scenarios) and insertion fails, the station is freed. Trying to flush such a station that was not uploaded to the driver may cause a crash.

Risk Assessment

The risk is a possible system crash during operations on WiFi stations in IBSS mode, potentially leading to disruption of network services.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-21828.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't flush non-uploaded STAs If STA state is pre-moved to AUTHORIZED (such as in IBSS scenarios) and insertion fails, the station is freed. In this case, the driver never knew about the station, so trying to flush it is unexpected and may crash. Check if the sta was uploaded to the driver before and fix this.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS