Back
CVE-2025-37982wifi: wl1251: fix memory leak in wl1251_tx_work
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.19%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 91% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wl1251: fix memory leak in wl1251_tx_work The skb dequeued from tx_queue is lost when wl1251_ps_elp_wakeup fails with a -ETIMEDOUT error. Fix that by queueing the skb back to tx_queue.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < 13c9744c1bcdb5de4e7dc1a78784788ecec52add
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < f08448a885403722c5c77dae51964badfcb69495
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < 2996144be660d930d5e394652abe08fe89dbe00e
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < 8fd4b9551af214d037fbc9d8e179840b8b917841
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < 4a43fd36710669d67dbb5c16287a58412582ca26
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < 52f224009ce1e44805e6ff3ffc2a06af9c1c3c5b
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < 5a90c29d0204c5ffc45b43b4eced6eef0e19a33a
- affected c5483b71936333ba9474f57d0f3a7a7abf9b87a0 – < a0f0dc96de03ffeefc2a177b7f8acde565cb77f4
- affected 2.6.32
- unaffected < 2.6.32
- unaffected 5.4.293 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.237 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.181 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.135 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.88 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.25 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.14.4 – ≤ 6.14.*
- unaffected 6.15 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c9744c1bcdb5de4e7dc1a78784788ecec52add (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08448a885403722c5c77dae51964badfcb69495 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2996144be660d930d5e394652abe08fe89dbe00e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fd4b9551af214d037fbc9d8e179840b8b917841 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a43fd36710669d67dbb5c16287a58412582ca26 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f224009ce1e44805e6ff3ffc2a06af9c1c3c5b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a90c29d0204c5ffc45b43b4eced6eef0e19a33a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0f0dc96de03ffeefc2a177b7f8acde565cb77f4 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-15881 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-37982)Record last updated .