{"id":"CVE-2025-37744","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-37744","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:52:15.645Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_pci_remove() Kmemleak reported this error: unreferenced object 0xffff1c165cec3060 (size 32): comm \"insmod\", pid 560, jiffies 4296964570 (age…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_pci_remove()\n\nKmemleak reported this error:\n\n  unreferenced object 0xffff1c165cec3060 (size 32):\n    comm \"insmod\", pid 560, jiffies 4296964570 (age 235.596s)\n    backtrace:\n      [<000000005434db68>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1f4/0x2c0\n      [<000000001203b155>] kmalloc_trace+0x40/0x88\n      [<0000000028adc9c8>] _request_firmware+0xb8/0x608\n      [<00000000cad1aef7>] firmware_request_nowarn+0x50/0x80\n      [<000000005011a682>] local_pci_probe+0x48/0xd0\n      [<00000000077cd295>] pci_device_probe+0xb4/0x200\n      [<0000000087184c94>] really_probe+0x150/0x2c0\n\nThe firmware memory was allocated in ath12k_pci_probe(), but not\nfreed in ath12k_pci_remove() in case ATH12K_FLAG_QMI_FAIL bit is\nset. So call ath12k_fw_unmap() to free the memory.\n\nTested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.2.0-02280-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1","published":"2025-05-01T13:15:53.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:15:21.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-401"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00159,"percentile":0.04983,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b24394ed5c8a8d8f7b9e3aa9044c31495d46f2e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52e3132e62c31b5ade43dc4495fa81175e6e8398","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37744","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}