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{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: wifi: ath12k: Fix peer lookup in ath12k_dp_mon_rx_deliver_msdu()", "id": "2414475", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414475"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nwifi: ath12k: Fix peer lookup in ath12k_dp_mon_rx_deliver_msdu()\nIn ath12k_dp_mon_rx_deliver_msdu(), peer lookup fails because\nrxcb->peer_id is not updated with a valid value. This is expected\nin monitor mode, where RX frames bypass the regular RX\ndescriptor path that typically sets rxcb->peer_id.\nAs a result, the peer is NULL, and link_id and link_valid fields\nin the RX status are not populated. This leads to a WARN_ON in\nmac80211 when it receives data frame from an associated station\nwith invalid link_id.\nFix this potential issue by using ppduinfo->peer_id, which holds\nthe correct peer id for the received frame. This ensures that the\npeer is correctly found and the associated link metadata is updated\naccordingly.\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1"], "name": "CVE-2025-40131", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-11-12T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40131\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40131\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025111254-CVE-2025-40131-1db8@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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