CVE-2025-38096 (GCVE-0-2025-38096)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:13 – Updated: 2026-01-02 15:30
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Title
wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error iwl_trans_reclaim is warning if it is called when the FW is not alive. But if it is called when there is a pending restart, i.e. after a FW error, there is no need to warn, instead - return silently.
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Linux Linux Affected: e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 , < 0446d34a853d9576e2a7628c803d2abd2f8cf3a8 (git)
Affected: e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 , < d07a08f42dc7230c902e1af2a899a72b0a03aa69 (git)
Affected: e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65 , < c7f50d0433a016d43681592836a3d484817bfb34 (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 4.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.31 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14.9 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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