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.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-37982

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 7.59% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37982
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c9744c1bcdb5de4e7dc1a78784788ecec52add
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08448a885403722c5c77dae51964badfcb69495
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2996144be660d930d5e394652abe08fe89dbe00e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fd4b9551af214d037fbc9d8e179840b8b917841
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a43fd36710669d67dbb5c16287a58412582ca26
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52f224009ce1e44805e6ff3ffc2a06af9c1c3c5b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a90c29d0204c5ffc45b43b4eced6eef0e19a33a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0f0dc96de03ffeefc2a177b7f8acde565cb77f4

Timeline