{"id":"CVE-2025-38642","summary":"wifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: mac80211: fix WARN_ON for monitor mode on some devices\n\nOn devices without WANT_MONITOR_VIF (and probably without\nchannel context support) we get a WARN_ON for changing the\nper-link setting of a monitor interface.\n\nSince we already skip AP_VLAN interfaces and MONITOR with\nWANT_MONITOR_VIF and/or NO_VIRTUAL_MONITOR should update\nthe settings, catch this in the link change code instead\nof the warning.","modified":"2026-05-28T03:54:41.214599051Z","published":"2025-08-22T16:00:48.370Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38642.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38642.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38642"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"c4382d5ca1af75cf909463c7a707efd1a5f9a557"},{"fixed":"ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c"},{"fixed":"1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812"},{"fixed":"c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38642.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.15.10"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.16.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38642.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}