CVEvulnerability
CVE-2025-37872
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path
When txgbe_sw_init() is called, memory is allocated for wx->rss_key
in wx_init_rss_key(). However, in txgbe_probe() function, the subsequent
error paths after txgbe_sw_init() don't free the rss_key. Fix that by
freeing it in error path along with wx->mac_table.
Also change the label to which execution jumps when txgbe_sw_init()
fails, because otherwise, it could lead to a double free for rss_key,
when the mac_table allocation fails in wx_sw_init().
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.8 < 6.12.25)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.14.4)
• linux linux kernel 6.15
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness