CVE-2025-71273

MEDIUM EPSS 2.3%
Published May 6, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 6, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

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_*").

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
2.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.2  –  <6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.18.16
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.6

References 4

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba12401cc1f2d970fa2e7d5b15abde3f5abd40d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5418070ee8468fac9e8bf641c83d46b85bff30
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9b80ee310ed734482a2e5da874b67f88ac0ef8
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba12401cc1f2d970fa2e7d5b15abde3f5abd40d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5418070ee8468fac9e8bf641c83d46b85bff30
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9b80ee310ed734482a2e5da874b67f88ac0ef8
    Patch