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CVE-2025-21750: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 082d9e263af8de68f0c34f67b251818205160f6e, 7ef2ea1429684d5cef207519bdf6ce45e50e8ac5, af525a8b2ab85291617e79a5bb18bcdcb529e80c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 082d9e263af8de68f0c34f67b251818205160f6e, 7ef2ea1429684d5cef207519bdf6ce45e50e8ac5, af525a8b2ab85291617e79a5bb18bcdcb529e80c or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmfmac: Check the return value of of_property_read_string_index() Somewhen between 6.10 and 6.11 the driver started to crash on my MacBookPro14,3. The property doesn't exist and 'tmp' remains uninitialized, so we pass a random pointer to devm_kstrdup(). The crash I am getting looks like this: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00007f033c669379 PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0001) - permissions violation PGD 8000000101341067 P4D 8000000101341067 PUD 101340067 PMD 1013bb067 PTE 800000010aee9025 Oops: Oops: 0001 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 827 Comm: (udev-worker) Not tainted 6.11.8-gentoo #1 Hardware name: Apple Inc. MacBookPro14,3/Mac-551B86E5744E2388, BIOS 529.140.2.0.0 06/23/2024 RIP: 0010:strlen+0x4/0x30 Code: f7 75 ec 31 c0 c3 cc cc cc cc 48 89 f8 c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 40 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa <80> 3f 00 74 14 48 89 f8 48 83 c0 01 80 38 00 75 f7 48 29 f8 c3 cc RSP: 0018:ffffb4aac0683ad8 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 00000000ffffffea RBX: 00007f033c669379 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000cc0 RSI: 00007f033c669379 RDI: 00007f033c669379 RBP: 00000000ffffffea R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000c0ba916a R10: ffffffffffffffff R11: ffffffffb61ea260 R12: ffff91f7815b50c8 R13: 0000000000000cc0 R14: ffff91fafefffe30 R15: ffffb4aac0683b30 FS: 00007f033ccbe8c0(0000) GS:ffff91faeed00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f033c669379 CR3: 0000000107b1e004 CR4: 00000000003706f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ? __die+0x23/0x70 ? page_fault_oops+0x149/0x4c0 ? raw_spin_rq_lock_nested+0xe/0x20 ? sched_balance_newidle+0x22b/0x3c0 ? update_load_avg+0x78/0x770 ? exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x150 ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30 ? __pfx_pci_conf1_write+0x10/0x10 ? strlen+0x4/0x30 devm_kstrdup+0x25/0x70 brcmf_of_probe+0x273/0x350 [brcmfmac]

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 27, 2025
Updated
Nov 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 10th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 6.1.129
  • linux linux kernel6.2 and later · before 6.6.78
  • linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.14
  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.13.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.9affected
    • 29e354ebeeecaee979e6fe22cd6272682d7552c9 and later · before af525a8b2ab85291617e79a5bb18bcdcb529e80caffected · git
    • 29e354ebeeecaee979e6fe22cd6272682d7552c9 and later · before c9480e9f2d10135476101619bcbd1c49c15d595faffected · git
    • 29e354ebeeecaee979e6fe22cd6272682d7552c9 and later · before 7ef2ea1429684d5cef207519bdf6ce45e50e8ac5affected · git
    • 29e354ebeeecaee979e6fe22cd6272682d7552c9 and later · before bb8e35e33e79eb8e44396adbc8cb6c8c5f16b731affected · git
    • 29e354ebeeecaee979e6fe22cd6272682d7552c9 and later · before 082d9e263af8de68f0c34f67b251818205160f6eaffected · git
    • before 5.9not affected · semver
    • 6.1.129 and later · up to and including 6.1.*not affected · semver
    • 6.6.78 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
    • 6.12.14 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.129-16.1.129-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.15-16.12.15-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-21744Feb 27, 2025 · wifi: brcmfmac: fix NULL pointer dereference in brcmf_txfinalize()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-21745Feb 27, 2025 · blk-cgroup: Fix class @block_class's subsystem refcount leakage
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-21753Feb 27, 2025 · btrfs: fix use-after-free when attempting to join an aborted transaction
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux082d9e263af8de68f0c34f67b251818205160f6eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7ef2ea1429684d5cef207519bdf6ce45e50e8ac5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxaf525a8b2ab85291617e79a5bb18bcdcb529e80cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbb8e35e33e79eb8e44396adbc8cb6c8c5f16b731Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc9480e9f2d10135476101619bcbd1c49c15d595fVendor (CNA)
cbl2 kernel 5.15.202.1-1 on CBL-Mariner 2.0—Microsoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.129-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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