CVE-2025-71273
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-401
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: Use devm_kmemdup() in rtw_set_supported_band() Simplify the code by using device managed memory allocations. This also fixes a memory leak in rtw_register_hw(). The supported bands were not freed in the error path. Copied from commit 145df52a8671 ("wifi: rtw89: Convert rtw89_core_set_supported_band to use devm_*").
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba12401cc1f2d970fa2e7d5b15abde3f5abd40dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5418070ee8468fac9e8bf641c83d46b85bff30Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9b80ee310ed734482a2e5da874b67f88ac0ef8Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/537723ada6d6655f0a2f48ab000fd9b0358bb442
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d57e31c8df7b8bb684c6b56854676972a8b7c8ed