CVE-2025-21930

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't try to talk to a dead firmware This fixes: bad state = 0 WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 702 at drivers/net/wireless/inel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.c:178 iwl_trans_send_cmd+0xba/0xe0 [iwlwifi] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xca/0x1c0 ? iwl_trans_send_cmd+0xba/0xe0 [iwlwifi 64fa9ad799a0e0d2ba53d4af93a53ad9a531f8d4] iwl_fw_dbg_clear_monitor_buf+0xd7/0x110 [iwlwifi 64fa9ad799a0e0d2ba53d4af93a53ad9a531f8d4] _iwl_dbgfs_fw_dbg_clear_write+0xe2/0x120 [iwlmvm 0e8adb18cea92d2c341766bcc10b18699290068a] Ask whether the firmware is alive before sending a command.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Linux Kernel

PublishedApr 1, 2025

First seenApr 1, 2025

How to fix

Update

linux linux_kernel6.12.19, 6.13.7 or later

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
linux linux_kernel	6.8 ≤ v < 6.12.19, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.13.7, 6.14	6.12.19, 6.13.7

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