{"id":"CVE-2025-71297","summary":"wifi: rtw88: 8822b: Avoid WARNING in rtw8822b_config_trx_mode()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw88: 8822b: Avoid WARNING in rtw8822b_config_trx_mode()\n\nrtw8822b_set_antenna() can be called from userspace when the chip is\npowered off. In that case a WARNING is triggered in\nrtw8822b_config_trx_mode() because trying to read the RF registers\nwhen the chip is powered off returns an unexpected value.\n\nCall rtw8822b_config_trx_mode() in rtw8822b_set_antenna() only when\nthe chip is powered on.\n\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nwrite RF mode table fail\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 7183 at rtw8822b.c:824 rtw8822b_config_trx_mode.constprop.0+0x835/0x840 [rtw88_8822b]\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7183 Comm: iw Tainted: G        W  OE       6.17.5-arch1-1 #1 PREEMPT(full)  01c39fc421df2af799dd5e9180b572af860b40c1\nTainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE\nHardware name: LENOVO 82KR/LNVNB161216, BIOS HBCN18WW 08/27/2021\nRIP: 0010:rtw8822b_config_trx_mode.constprop.0+0x835/0x840 [rtw88_8822b]\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n rtw8822b_set_antenna+0x57/0x70 [rtw88_8822b 370206f42e5890d8d5f48eb358b759efa37c422b]\n rtw_ops_set_antenna+0x50/0x80 [rtw88_core 711c8fb4f686162be4625b1d0b8e8c6a5ac850fb]\n ieee80211_set_antenna+0x60/0x100 [mac80211 f1845d85d2ecacf3b71867635a050ece90486cf3]\n nl80211_set_wiphy+0x384/0xe00 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]\n ? netdev_run_todo+0x63/0x550\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xfc/0x160\n genl_rcv_msg+0x1aa/0x2b0\n ? __pfx_nl80211_pre_doit+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]\n ? __pfx_nl80211_set_wiphy+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]\n ? __pfx_nl80211_post_doit+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]\n ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x59/0x110\n genl_rcv+0x28/0x40\n netlink_unicast+0x285/0x3c0\n ? __alloc_skb+0xdb/0x1a0\n netlink_sendmsg+0x20d/0x430\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x39f/0x3d0\n ? import_iovec+0x2f/0x40\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0\n ? refill_obj_stock+0x12e/0x240\n __sys_sendmsg+0x8a/0xf0\n do_syscall_64+0x81/0x970\n ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x970\n ? ksys_read+0x73/0xf0\n ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x970\n ? count_memcg_events+0xc2/0x190\n ? handle_mm_fault+0x1d7/0x2d0\n ? do_user_addr_fault+0x21a/0x690\n ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---","modified":"2026-06-18T03:56:47.445366330Z","published":"2026-05-08T13:11:09.120Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71297.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d0c2fb80ca4c284c397dd7546743a3b5fdf4020"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44510ff07b5198e4a835a3074b716cec8357695b"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d1f624bbdd2d60319374ba85f7195a28d00c90"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/509becaee5680a39bde00c2c7d448dfeb39a8e05"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7852ca1cc65ad43fb8b620e6a65d5cb15e4e4487"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a96d161cfdb11cd2c35d5e498b93431164823338"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/71xxx/CVE-2025-71297.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71297"},{"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":"297bcf8222f222fd7defead862de4b8e3ea0b08a"},{"fixed":"7852ca1cc65ad43fb8b620e6a65d5cb15e4e4487"},{"fixed":"a96d161cfdb11cd2c35d5e498b93431164823338"},{"fixed":"0d0c2fb80ca4c284c397dd7546743a3b5fdf4020"},{"fixed":"509becaee5680a39bde00c2c7d448dfeb39a8e05"},{"fixed":"44510ff07b5198e4a835a3074b716cec8357695b"},{"fixed":"44d1f624bbdd2d60319374ba85f7195a28d00c90"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-71297.json"}},{"package":{"name":"Kernel","ecosystem":"Linux"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.8.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.165"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.128"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.75"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.16"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-71297.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}