{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2025-38601",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-38601"
  ],
  "published": "2025-08-19T17:19:12Z",
  "summary": "wifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath11k: clear initialized flag for deinit-ed srng lists\n\nIn a number of cases we see kernel panics on resume due\nto ath11k kernel page fault, which happens under the\nfollowing circumstances:\n\n1) First ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call\n\n Last interrupt received for each group:\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 22511ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14440788ms before\n [..]\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to receive control response completion, polling..\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: Service connect timeout\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to connect to HTT: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to start core: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: firmware crashed: MHI_CB_EE_RDDM\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: already resetting count 2\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to wait wlan mode request (mode 4): -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: qmi failed to send wlan mode off: -110\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: failed to reconfigure driver on crash recovery\n [..]\n\n2) At this point reconfiguration fails (we have 2 resets) and\n  ath11k_core_reconfigure_on_crash() calls ath11k_hal_srng_deinit()\n  which destroys srng lists.  However, it does not reset per-list\n  ->initialized flag.\n\n3) Second ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats() call sees stale ->initialized\n  flag and attempts to dump srng stats:\n\n Last interrupt received for each group:\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 0 66785ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 1 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 2 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 3 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 4 14780845ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 5 14780845ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 6 14485062ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 7 66814ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 8 68997ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 9 67588ms before\n ath11k_pci 0000:01:00.0: group_id 10 69511ms before\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffa007404eb010\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 10022d067 PMD 100b01067 PTE 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k]\n Call Trace:\n <TASK>\n ? __die_body+0xae/0xb0\n ? page_fault_oops+0x381/0x3e0\n ? exc_page_fault+0x69/0xa0\n ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30\n ? ath11k_hal_dump_srng_stats+0x2b4/0x3b0 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]\n ath11k_qmi_driver_event_work+0xbd/0x1050 [ath11k (HASH:6cea 4)]\n worker_thread+0x389/0x930\n kthread+0x149/0x170\n\nClear per-list ->initialized flag in ath11k_hal_srng_deinit().",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.148",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38601"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6daae987a829534636fd85ed6f84d5f0ad7fa4"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff3bb53c18c0ed4ab6f43d412b3ed3aecad52d5"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/916ac18d526a26f6072866b1a97622cf1351ef1c"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bf201c55fdf303e79005038648dfa1e8af48f54"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a48be1f53942793f3bc68a37fad1f38b53b082"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ebb5fe494501c19f31270008b26ab95201af6fd"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16872194c80f2724472fc207991712895ac8a230"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5b46aa7cf5f05c213316a018e49a8e086efd98e"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T12:19:11Z"
  }
}