Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: brcmfmac: Check for probe() id argument being NULL
The probe() id argument may be NULL in 2 scenarios:
1. brcmf_pcie_pm_leave_D3() calling brcmf_pcie_probe() to reprobe
the device.
2. If a user tries to manually bind the driver from sysfs then the sdio /
pcie / usb probe() function gets called with NULL as id argument.
1. Is being hit by users causing the following oops on resume and causing
wifi to stop working:
BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018
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Hardware name: Dell Inc. XPS 13 9350/0PWNCR, BIDS 1.13.0 02/10/2020
Workgueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn
RIP: 0010:brcmf_pcie_probe+Ox16b/0x7a0 [brcmfmac]
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Call Trace:
<TASK>
brcmf_pcie_pm_leave_D3+0xc5/8x1a0 [brcmfmac be3b4cefca451e190fa35be8f00db1bbec293887]
? pci_pm_resume+0x5b/0xf0
? pci_legacy_resume+0x80/0x80
dpm_run_callback+0x47/0x150
device_resume+0xa2/0x1f0
async_resume+0x1d/0x30
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Fix this by checking for id being NULL.
In the PCI and USB cases try a manual lookup of the id so that manually
binding the driver through sysfs and more importantly brcmf_pcie_probe()
on resume will work.
For the SDIO case there is no helper to do a manual sdio_device_id lookup,
so just directly error out on a NULL id there.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.2 | 6.3.4 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | linux | 6.3.7-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | linux | 6.3.7-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-intel +9 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2025-2194 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026