CVE-2025-71229
CVE-2025-71229CVE-2025-71229
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon()
rtw_core_enable_beacon() reads 4 bytes from an address that is not a
multiple of 4. This results in a crash on some systems.
Do 1 byte reads/writes instead.
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffff8000827e0522
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000021
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x21: alignment fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000021, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000005492000
[ffff8000827e0522] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=10000001021d9403, pud=10000001021da403, pmd=100000011061c403, pte=00780000f3200f13
Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000021 [#1] SMP
Modules linked in: [...] rtw88_8822ce rtw88_8822c rtw88_pci rtw88_core [...]
CPU: 0 UID:
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-11-05 |