- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.34%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 73% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix node corruption in ar->arvifs list In current WLAN recovery code flow, ath11k_core_halt() only reinitializes the "arvifs" list head. This will cause the list node immediately following the list head to become an invalid list node. Because the prev of that node still points to the list head "arvifs", but the next of the list head "arvifs" no longer points to that list node. When a WLAN recovery occurs during the execution of a vif removal, and it happens before the spin_lock_bh(&ar->data_lock) in ath11k_mac_op_remove_interface(), list_del() will detect the previously mentioned situation, thereby triggering a kernel panic. The fix is to remove and reinitialize all vif list nodes from the list head "arvifs" during WLAN halt. The reinitialization is to make the list nodes valid, ensuring that the list_del() in ath11k_mac_op_remove_interface() can execute normally. Call trace: __list_del_entry_valid_or_report+0xb8/0xd0 ath11k_mac_op_remove_interface+0xb0/0x27c [ath11k] drv_remove_interface+0x48/0x194 [mac80211] ieee80211_do_stop+0x6e0/0x844 [mac80211] ieee80211_stop+0x44/0x17c [mac80211] __dev_close_many+0xac/0x150 __dev_change_flags+0x194/0x234 dev_change_flags+0x24/0x6c devinet_ioctl+0x3a0/0x670 inet_ioctl+0x200/0x248 sock_do_ioctl+0x60/0x118 sock_ioctl+0x274/0x35c __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xac/0xf0 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 ... Tested-on: QCA6698AQ hw2.1 PCI WLAN.HSP.1.1-04591-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_IOE-1
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < 6c139015b597e570dd5962934e9f9a2f4cc8ef48
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < f9507cf2dd0e1ed5028c0e8240da6fe5fd3110d3
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < b0974ed82e6ad5ff246fd90a5b14f3e7be4f2924
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < f50ba7e7b607f2d00618799312e7fdb76a1ff48e
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < f5d77d0d41ea7a204d47288d0cf0404a52b5890e
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < 6d6cb27fe146061f2512e904618f5e005bb7bb6a
- affected d5c65159f2895379e11ca13f62feabe93278985d – < 31e98e277ae47f56632e4d663b1d4fd12ba33ea8
- affected 5.6
- unaffected < 5.6
- unaffected 5.10.239 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.186 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.142 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.94 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.34 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.3 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c139015b597e570dd5962934e9f9a2f4cc8ef48 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9507cf2dd0e1ed5028c0e8240da6fe5fd3110d3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0974ed82e6ad5ff246fd90a5b14f3e7be4f2924 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f50ba7e7b607f2d00618799312e7fdb76a1ff48e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5d77d0d41ea7a204d47288d0cf0404a52b5890e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d6cb27fe146061f2512e904618f5e005bb7bb6a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31e98e277ae47f56632e4d663b1d4fd12ba33ea8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-20955 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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