CVE-2025-37872

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37872
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37872.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-37872
Downstream
Published
2025-05-09T06:44:00.570Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:35:45.906519Z
Summary
net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path

When txgbeswinit() is called, memory is allocated for wx->rsskey in wxinitrsskey(). However, in txgbeprobe() function, the subsequent error paths after txgbeswinit() don't free the rsskey. Fix that by freeing it in error path along with wx->mac_table.

Also change the label to which execution jumps when txgbeswinit() fails, because otherwise, it could lead to a double free for rsskey, when the mactable allocation fails in wxswinit().

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37872.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
937d46ecc5f941b26270bdf7ce37495f12b25955
Fixed
635863d93deb8e352d63a8eba852efeaf1ac3539
Fixed
837197a722919f5b0eeb967fe7cb0cc1e83173b9
Fixed
b2727326d0a53709380aa147018085d71a6d4843

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
6.12.25
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.14.4