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    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2025-38647",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:24.030Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-08-22T16:00:52.106Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:32:15.955Z"
    },
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                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T21:32:15.955Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: rtw89: sar: drop lockdep assertion in rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi\n\nThe following assertion is triggered on the rtw89 driver startup. It\nlooks meaningless to hold wiphy lock on the early init stage so drop the\nassertion.\n\n WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 629 at drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/sar.c:502 rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core]\n CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 629 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.15.0+ #29 PREEMPT(lazy)\n Hardware name: LENOVO 21D0/LNVNB161216, BIOS J6CN50WW 09/27/2024\n RIP: 0010:rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi+0x365/0x4d0 [rtw89_core]\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  rtw89_sar_init+0x68/0x2c0 [rtw89_core]\n  rtw89_core_init+0x188e/0x1e50 [rtw89_core]\n  rtw89_pci_probe+0x530/0xb50 [rtw89_pci]\n  local_pci_probe+0xd9/0x190\n  pci_call_probe+0x183/0x540\n  pci_device_probe+0x171/0x2c0\n  really_probe+0x1e1/0x890\n  __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x390\n  driver_probe_device+0x4a/0x120\n  __driver_attach+0x1a0/0x530\n  bus_for_each_dev+0x10b/0x190\n  bus_add_driver+0x2eb/0x540\n  driver_register+0x1a3/0x3a0\n  do_one_initcall+0xd5/0x450\n  do_init_module+0x2cc/0x8f0\n  init_module_from_file+0xe1/0x150\n  idempotent_init_module+0x226/0x760\n  __x64_sys_finit_module+0xcd/0x150\n  do_syscall_64+0x94/0x380\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org)."
                }
            ],
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                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/sar.c"
                    ],
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                            "version": "88ca3107d2ce06448018e0571f7c0f1b40f57b55",
                            "lessThan": "f7ac6df92eee030151476078069dc3eb0002dfb0",
                            "status": "affected",
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                            "lessThan": "6fe21445f7e801de5527d420f8e25e97b0cdd7e2",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/sar.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
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                            "version": "6.16",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
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                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.16.1",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.17",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
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                    "nodes": [
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                            "operator": "OR",
                            "negate": false,
                            "cpeMatch": [
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "6.16",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.16.1"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7ac6df92eee030151476078069dc3eb0002dfb0"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe21445f7e801de5527d420f8e25e97b0cdd7e2"
                }
            ],
            "title": "wifi: rtw89: sar: drop lockdep assertion in rtw89_set_sar_from_acpi",
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