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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-38642

CVE-2025-38642

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 products

5
  • Linux/Kernel3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.13,<6.15.10
    • (no CPE)range: 6.13
    • (no CPE)
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.13.0, < 6.15.10
  • Linux/Mac80211llm-fuzzy

Patches

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