CVE-2025-71273

Published: May 6, 2026Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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_*").

Affected (3)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	From 5.2 to 6.12.75
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.13 to 6.18.16
Linux Linux Kernel	From 6.19 to 6.19.6

Related CWEs

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

References (4)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba12401cc1f2d970fa2e7d5b15abde3f5abd40d

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5418070ee8468fac9e8bf641c83d46b85bff30

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9b80ee310ed734482a2e5da874b67f88ac0ef8

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Patch

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