---
id: CVE-2025-71297
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtw88: 8822b: Avoid WARNING in rtw8822b_config_trx_mode()

  rtw8822b_set_antenna() can be called from userspace when the chip is
  powered off
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  wifi: rtw88: 8822b: Avoid WARNING in rtw8822b_config_trx_mode()

  rtw8822b_set_antenna() can be called from userspace when the chip is
  powered off. In that case a WARNIN…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.8, < 6.1.165'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.128'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.75'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.16'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.6'
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.19.6
published: '2026-05-08'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-71297'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d0c2fb80ca4c284c397dd7546743a3b5fdf4020'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44510ff07b5198e4a835a3074b716cec8357695b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d1f624bbdd2d60319374ba85f7195a28d00c90'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/509becaee5680a39bde00c2c7d448dfeb39a8e05'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7852ca1cc65ad43fb8b620e6a65d5cb15e4e4487'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a96d161cfdb11cd2c35d5e498b93431164823338'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00123
epssPercentile: 0.01833
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.490Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw88: 8822b: Avoid WARNING in rtw8822b_config_trx_mode()

rtw8822b_set_antenna() can be called from userspace when the chip is
powered off. In that case a WARNING is triggered in
rtw8822b_config_trx_mode() because trying to read the RF registers
when the chip is powered off returns an unexpected value.

Call rtw8822b_config_trx_mode() in rtw8822b_set_antenna() only when
the chip is powered on.

------------[ cut here ]------------
write RF mode table fail
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 7183 at rtw8822b.c:824 rtw8822b_config_trx_mode.constprop.0+0x835/0x840 [rtw88_8822b]
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7183 Comm: iw Tainted: G        W  OE       6.17.5-arch1-1 #1 PREEMPT(full)  01c39fc421df2af799dd5e9180b572af860b40c1
Tainted: [W]=WARN, [O]=OOT_MODULE, [E]=UNSIGNED_MODULE
Hardware name: LENOVO 82KR/LNVNB161216, BIOS HBCN18WW 08/27/2021
RIP: 0010:rtw8822b_config_trx_mode.constprop.0+0x835/0x840 [rtw88_8822b]
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 rtw8822b_set_antenna+0x57/0x70 [rtw88_8822b 370206f42e5890d8d5f48eb358b759efa37c422b]
 rtw_ops_set_antenna+0x50/0x80 [rtw88_core 711c8fb4f686162be4625b1d0b8e8c6a5ac850fb]
 ieee80211_set_antenna+0x60/0x100 [mac80211 f1845d85d2ecacf3b71867635a050ece90486cf3]
 nl80211_set_wiphy+0x384/0xe00 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]
 ? netdev_run_todo+0x63/0x550
 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xfc/0x160
 genl_rcv_msg+0x1aa/0x2b0
 ? __pfx_nl80211_pre_doit+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]
 ? __pfx_nl80211_set_wiphy+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]
 ? __pfx_nl80211_post_doit+0x10/0x10 [cfg80211 296485ee85696d2150309a6d21a7fbca83d3dbda]
 ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x59/0x110
 genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
 netlink_unicast+0x285/0x3c0
 ? __alloc_skb+0xdb/0x1a0
 netlink_sendmsg+0x20d/0x430
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x39f/0x3d0
 ? import_iovec+0x2f/0x40
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0
 ? refill_obj_stock+0x12e/0x240
 __sys_sendmsg+0x8a/0xf0
 do_syscall_64+0x81/0x970
 ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x970
 ? ksys_read+0x73/0xf0
 ? do_syscall_64+0x81/0x970
 ? count_memcg_events+0xc2/0x190
 ? handle_mm_fault+0x1d7/0x2d0
 ? do_user_addr_fault+0x21a/0x690
 ? exc_page_fault+0x7e/0x1a0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e
 </TASK>
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.8, < 6.1.165`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.128`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.75`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.18.16`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.19, < 6.19.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.19.6`