THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2025-21828 (HIGH 8.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: don't flush non-uploaded STAs
If STA state is pre-moved to AUTHORIZED (such as in IBSS
scenarios) and insertion fails, the station is freed.
In this case, the driver never knew about the station
[NVD] CVE-2025-21828 (HIGH 8.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't flush non-uploaded STAs If STA state is pre-moved to AUTHORIZED (such as in IBSS scenarios) and insertion fails, the station is freed. In this case, the driver never knew about the station
CVE-2025-21828 CVSS: 8.8 HIGH Published: 2025-03-06T16:15:55.070
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: don't flush non-uploaded STAs
If STA state is pre-moved to AUTHORIZED (such as in IBSS scenarios) and insertion fails, the station is freed. In this case, the driver never knew about the station, so trying to flush it is unexpected and may crash.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2025-21828cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21828