5.5

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.
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LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 2.6.25 < 5.4.296
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.240
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.189
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.146
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.99
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.39
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.15.7
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc4
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc5
DebianDebian Linux Version11.0
Zu dieser CVE wurde keine CISA KEV oder CERT.AT-Warnung gefunden.
EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.01% 0.02
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.