MEDIUM 6.5 Microsoft
CVE-2025-38646
wifi: rtw89: avoid NULL dereference when RX problematic packet on unsupported 6 GHz band
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Aug: wifi: rtw89: avoid NULL dereference when RX problematic packet on unsupported 6 GHz band
Affected Products
- azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38646
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38646
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5 was published on 2025-08-12 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-1 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 kernel 6.6.96.2-2 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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