CVE-2025-38009
Status: AnalyzedMedium (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mt76: disable napi on driver removal
A warning on driver removal started occurring after commit 9dd05df8403b ("net: warn if NAPI instance wasn't shut down"). Disable tx napi before deleting it in mt76_dma_cleanup().
Tested with mt7921e but the same pattern can be actually applied to other mt76 drivers calling mt76_dma_cleanup() during removal. Tx napi is enabled in their *_dma_init() functions and only toggled off and on again inside their suspend/resume/reset paths. So it should be okay to disable tx napi in such a generic way.
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Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org).
Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 18828 at net/core/dev.c:7288 __netif_napi_del_locked+0xf0/0x100 CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 18828 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4 #4 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: ASUS System Product Name/PRIME X670E-PRO WIFI, BIOS 3035 09/05/2024 RIP: 0010:__netif_napi_del_locked+0xf0/0x100 Call Trace: <TASK> mt76_dma_cleanup+0x54/0x2f0 [mt76] mt7921_pci_remove+0xd5/0x190 [mt7921e] pci_device_remove+0x47/0xc0 device_release_driver_internal+0x19e/0x200 driver_detach+0x48/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x6d/0xf0 pci_unregister_driver+0x2e/0xb0 __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x197/0x2e0 do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 9
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b81e76db3667d1f7f2ad44e9835cdaf8dea95a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e700b06b970fc19e3a1ecb244e14785f3fbb8e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78ab4be549533432d97ea8989d2f00b508fa68d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b892e830d1ea8c5475254b98827771f7366f1039
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca5b213bf4b4224335a8131a26805d16503fca5f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7bfbda5fddd27f3158e723d641c0fcdfb0552a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0f820fa5b99035b3c654dd531226d8d83aec5f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
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"value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: wifi: mt76: deshabilitar NAPI al eliminar el controlador. Una advertencia al eliminar el controlador comenzó a aparecer después de el commit 9dd05df8403b (\"net: advertir si la instancia de NAPI no se apagó\"). Desactive la transacción NAPI antes de eliminarla en mt76_dma_cleanup(). ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 4 PID: 18828 en net/core/dev.c:7288 __netif_napi_del_locked+0xf0/0x100 CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 18828 Comm: modprobe No contaminado 6.15.0-rc4 #4 PREEMPT(lazy) Nombre del hardware: Nombre del producto del sistema ASUS/PRIME X670E-PRO WIFI, BIOS 3035 09/05/2024 RIP: 0010:__netif_napi_del_locked+0xf0/0x100 Rastreo de llamadas: mt76_dma_cleanup+0x54/0x2f0 [mt76] mt7921_pci_remove+0xd5/0x190 [mt7921e] pci_device_remove+0x47/0xc0 device_release_driver_internal+0x19e/0x200 driver_detach+0x48/0x90 bus_remove_driver+0x6d/0xf0 pci_unregister_driver+0x2e/0xb0 __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x197/0x2e0 do_syscall_64+0x7b/0x160 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Se probó con mt7921e, pero el mismo patrón se puede aplicar a otros controladores mt76 que invoquen mt76_dma_cleanup() durante la eliminación. Tx napi está habilitado en sus funciones *_dma_init() y solo se activa y desactiva dentro de sus rutas de suspensión/reinicio/reinicio. Por lo tanto, debería ser aceptable deshabilitar tx napi de forma genérica. Encontrado por el Centro de Verificación de Linux (linuxtesting.org)."
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