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CVE-2025-38642

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-08-22 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices On devices without WANT_MONITOR_VIF (and probably without channel context support) we get a WARN_ON for changing the per-link setting of a monitor interface. Since we already skip AP_VLAN interfaces and MONITOR with WANT_MONITOR_VIF and/or NO_VIRTUAL_MONITOR should update the settings, catch this in the link change code instead of the warning.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-617

References