CVE-2025-71273wifi: rtw88: Use devm_kmemdup() in rtw_set_supported_band()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% 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: 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_*").
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 50 days later
· 50 days later
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 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 · Modified | 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)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 – < 537723ada6d6655f0a2f48ab000fd9b0358bb442
- affected e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 – < d57e31c8df7b8bb684c6b56854676972a8b7c8ed
- affected e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 – < 9b5418070ee8468fac9e8bf641c83d46b85bff30
- affected e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 – < ad9b80ee310ed734482a2e5da874b67f88ac0ef8
- affected e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 – < 1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311
- affected e3037485c68ec1a299ff41160d8fedbd4abc29b9 – < 2ba12401cc1f2d970fa2e7d5b15abde3f5abd40d
- affected 5.2
- unaffected < 5.2
- unaffected 6.1.191 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.160 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.75 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.16 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19.6 – ≤ 6.19.*
- unaffected 7.0 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/537723ada6d6655f0a2f48ab000fd9b0358bb442 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d57e31c8df7b8bb684c6b56854676972a8b7c8ed (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b5418070ee8468fac9e8bf641c83d46b85bff30 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad9b80ee310ed734482a2e5da874b67f88ac0ef8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd90e0a99fdc8dc5deb3c92bf865e4496b4b311 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba12401cc1f2d970fa2e7d5b15abde3f5abd40d (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-2025-209673 (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)
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