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Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-21930wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't try to talk to a dead firmware

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: don't try to talk to a dead firmware This fixes: bad state = 0 WARNING: CPU: 10 PID: 702 at drivers/net/wireless/inel/iwlwifi/iwl-trans.c:178 iwl_trans_send_cmd+0xba/0xe0 [iwlwifi] Call Trace: <TASK> ? __warn+0xca/0x1c0 ? iwl_trans_send_cmd+0xba/0xe0 [iwlwifi 64fa9ad799a0e0d2ba53d4af93a53ad9a531f8d4] iwl_fw_dbg_clear_monitor_buf+0xd7/0x110 [iwlwifi 64fa9ad799a0e0d2ba53d4af93a53ad9a531f8d4] _iwl_dbgfs_fw_dbg_clear_write+0xe2/0x120 [iwlmvm 0e8adb18cea92d2c341766bcc10b18699290068a] Ask whether the firmware is alive before sending a command.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21930
Debian:14linux6.12.19-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-84.84USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-84.84UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1039.41UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1039.41USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1USN-7766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1039.41~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1038.44USN-7802-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1038.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1USN-7628-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1036.42~22.04.1USN-7802-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1025.27USN-7809-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1040.42USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1040.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7605-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1USN-7766-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1040.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1036.40UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1036.40USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1023.25USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1023.25UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1USN-7605-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-28.28~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-85.85~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84~22.04.1USN-7764-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-85.85~22.04.1USN-7801-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1037.37USN-7779-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1037.37UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1037.37~22.04.1USN-7779-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-84.84.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-84.84.1USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2USN-7605-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1USN-7764-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-84.84.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1039.42USN-7765-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1039.42UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1039.42~22.04.1USN-7765-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1039.42.1USN-7765-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1039.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24USN-7606-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1037.38UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1037.38USN-7801-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1037.38~22.04.1USN-7801-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1039.43USN-7790-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1039.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-84.84~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-21930

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 268712dc3b344f3a835211e5846e6ebfd7a13cbd – before 437e93ecd40754f9e938d524daf52a10c589e2d4268712dc3b344f3a835211e5846e6ebfd7a13cbd – before e7c31a3f4f27d61b9ccd894a7bf4690f137da0ec268712dc3b344f3a835211e5846e6ebfd7a13cbd – before d73d2c6e3313f0ba60711ab4f4b9044eddca9ca5
Linux Linux 6.8

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