CVE-2025-37874

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-37874
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37874.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-37874
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-05-09T06:44:02.314Z
Modified
2026-03-20T12:42:32.002193Z
Summary
net: ngbe: fix memory leak in ngbe_probe() error path
Details

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

net: ngbe: fix memory leak in ngbe_probe() error path

When ngbeswinit() is called, memory is allocated for wx->rsskey in wxinitrsskey(). However, in ngbeprobe() function, the subsequent error paths after ngbeswinit() 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 ngbeswinit() fails, because otherwise, it could lead to a double free for rsskey, when the mactable allocation fails in wxswinit().

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/37xxx/CVE-2025-37874.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
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
02338c484ab6250b81f0266ffb40d53c3efe0f47
Fixed
7c2b66a31c7a4866400f7e6fb43cb32021bfca01
Fixed
8335a3feb9d0d97e5e8f76d38b6bb8573d5b4a29
Fixed
397487338eff1891c4654ce7deaafbf72a1688b2
Fixed
88fa80021b77732bc98f73fb69d69c7cc37b9f0d

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-37874.json"