CVE-2025-38643 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-38643: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac() Callers of wdev_chandef() must hold the wiphy mutex. But the worker cfg80211_propagate_cac_done_wk() never takes the lock. Which triggers the warning below with the

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-38643 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

linux-6.1→ fixed in6.1.164-1~deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux-6.1
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

linux→ fixed in6.1.164-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

linux→ fixed in6.12.57-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y linux
```

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