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: 0 PID: 73 Comm: kworker/u32:2 Tainted: G W 6.17.9 #1-NixOS VOLUNTARY
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: FriendlyElec NanoPC-T6 LTS (DT)
Workqueue: phy0 rtw_c2h_work [rtw88_core]
pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci]
lr : rtw_core_enable_beacon+0xe0/0x148 [rtw88_core]
sp : ffff800080cc3ca0
x29: ffff800080cc3ca0 x28: ffff0001031fc240 x27: ffff000102100828
x26: ffffd2cb7c9b4088 x25: ffff0001031fc2c0 x24: ffff000112fdef00
x23: ffff000112fdef18 x22: ffff000111c29970 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff000111c22040 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffd2cb6507c090
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000007f10 x1 : 0000000000000522 x0 : ffff8000827e0522
Call trace:
rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci] (P)
rtw_hw_scan_chan_switch+0x124/0x1a8 [rtw88_core]
rtw_fw_c2h_cmd_handle+0x254/0x290 [rtw88_core]
rtw_c2h_work+0x50/0x98 [rtw88_core]
process_one_work+0x178/0x3f8
worker_thread+0x208/0x418
kthread+0x120/0x220
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: d28fe202 8b020000 f9524400 8b214000 (b9400000)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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: 0 PID: 73 Comm: kworker/u32:2 Tainted: G W 6.17.9 #1-NixOS VOLUNTARY
Tainted: [W]=WARN
Hardware name: FriendlyElec NanoPC-T6 LTS (DT)
Workqueue: phy0 rtw_c2h_work [rtw88_core]
pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci]
lr : rtw_core_enable_beacon+0xe0/0x148 [rtw88_core]
sp : ffff800080cc3ca0
x29: ffff800080cc3ca0 x28: ffff0001031fc240 x27: ffff000102100828
x26: ffffd2cb7c9b4088 x25: ffff0001031fc2c0 x24: ffff000112fdef00
x23: ffff000112fdef18 x22: ffff000111c29970 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff000111c22040 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffd2cb6507c090
x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000007f10 x1 : 0000000000000522 x0 : ffff8000827e0522
Call trace:
rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci] (P)
rtw_hw_scan_chan_switch+0x124/0x1a8 [rtw88_core]
rtw_fw_c2h_cmd_handle+0x254/0x290 [rtw88_core]
rtw_c2h_work+0x50/0x98 [rtw88_core]
process_one_work+0x178/0x3f8
worker_thread+0x208/0x418
kthread+0x120/0x220
ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Code: d28fe202 8b020000 f9524400 8b214000 (b9400000)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
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Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
 Debian DSA |
DSA-6141-1 | linux security update |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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References
History
Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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: 0 PID: 73 Comm: kworker/u32:2 Tainted: G W 6.17.9 #1-NixOS VOLUNTARY Tainted: [W]=WARN Hardware name: FriendlyElec NanoPC-T6 LTS (DT) Workqueue: phy0 rtw_c2h_work [rtw88_core] pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci] lr : rtw_core_enable_beacon+0xe0/0x148 [rtw88_core] sp : ffff800080cc3ca0 x29: ffff800080cc3ca0 x28: ffff0001031fc240 x27: ffff000102100828 x26: ffffd2cb7c9b4088 x25: ffff0001031fc2c0 x24: ffff000112fdef00 x23: ffff000112fdef18 x22: ffff000111c29970 x21: 0000000000000001 x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff000111c22040 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffd2cb6507c090 x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000007f10 x1 : 0000000000000522 x0 : ffff8000827e0522 Call trace: rtw_pci_read32+0x18/0x40 [rtw88_pci] (P) rtw_hw_scan_chan_switch+0x124/0x1a8 [rtw88_core] rtw_fw_c2h_cmd_handle+0x254/0x290 [rtw88_core] rtw_c2h_work+0x50/0x98 [rtw88_core] process_one_work+0x178/0x3f8 worker_thread+0x208/0x418 kthread+0x120/0x220 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: d28fe202 8b020000 f9524400 8b214000 (b9400000) ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- | |
| Title | wifi: rtw88: Fix alignment fault in rtw_core_enable_beacon() | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-18T14:53:13.412Z
Reserved: 2026-02-14T16:26:02.970Z
Link: CVE-2025-71229
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-02-18T16:22:29.627
Modified: 2026-02-18T17:51:53.510
Link: CVE-2025-71229
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