CVE-2025-38513

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: zd1211rw: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev()

There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(). For example, the following is possible:

	T0			    		T1

zd_mac_tx_to_dev() /* len == skb_queue_len(q) */ while (len > ZD_MAC_MAX_ACK_WAITERS) {

				  filter_ack()
				    spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
				    /* position == skb_queue_len(q) */
				    for (i=1; i<position; i++)
			    	      skb = __skb_dequeue(q)

				    if (mac->type == NL80211_IFTYPE_AP)
				      skb = __skb_dequeue(q);
				    spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);

skb_dequeue() -> NULL

Since there is a small gap between checking skb queue length and skb being unconditionally dequeued in zd_mac_tx_to_dev(), skb_dequeue() can return NULL. Then the pointer is passed to zd_mac_tx_status() where it is dereferenced.

In order to avoid potential NULL pointer dereference due to situations like above, check if skb is not NULL before passing it to zd_mac_tx_status().

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected Software

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/014c34dc132015c4f918ada4982e952947ac1047
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5420de65efbeb6503bcf1d43451c9df67ad60298
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/602b4eb2f25668de15de69860ec99caf65b3684d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74b1ec9f5d627d2bdd5e5b6f3f81c23317657023
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adf08c96b963c7cd7ec1ee1c0c556228d9bedaae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b24f65c184540dfb967479320ecf7e8c2e9220dc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1958270de947604cc6de05fc96dbba256b49cf0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd9c923b58e86501450b9b442ccc7ce4a8d0fda