Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated
CVE-2025-38644
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: reject TDLS operations when station is not associated
syzbot triggered a WARN in ieee80211_tdls_oper() by sending NL80211_TDLS_ENABLE_LINK immediately after NL80211_CMD_CONNECT, before association completed and without prior TDLS setup.
This left internal state like sdata->u.mgd.tdls_peer uninitialized, leading to a WARN_ON() in code paths that assumed it was valid.
Reject the operation early if not in station mode or not associated.
Affected products
3- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.17
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c84204cf0bbe89e454a5caccc6a908bc7db1542mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/16ecdab5446f15a61ec88eb0d23d25d009821db0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/31af06b574394530f68a4310c45ecbe2f68853c4mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/378ae9ccaea3f445838a087962a067b5cb2e8577mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df663d4c1ca386dcab2f743dfc9f0cc07aef73cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/af72badd5ee423eb16f6ad7fe0a62f1b4252d848mitre
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