CVE-2025-38513

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: zd1211rw: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev() There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(). For example, the following is possible: T0 T1 zd_mac_tx_to_dev() /* len == skb_queue_len(q) */ while (len > ZD_MAC_MAX_ACK_WAITERS) { filter_ack() spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags); /* position == skb_queue_len(q) */ for (i=1; i<position; i++) skb = __skb_dequeue(q) if (mac->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP) skb = __skb_dequeue(q); spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags); skb_dequeue() -> NULL Since there is a small gap between checking skb queue length and skb being unconditionally dequeued in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(), skb_dequeue() can return NULL. Then the pointer is passed to zd_mac_tx_status() where it is dereferenced. In order to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference due to situations like above, check if skb is not NULL before passing it to zd_mac_tx_status(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.25 < 5.4.296) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.240) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.189) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.146) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.99) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.39) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.15.7) • linux linux kernel 6.16 • debian debian linux 11.0