PT-2026-37448

CVE-2025-71273

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Published

2026-05-06

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Updated

2026-10-21

Description by

CVSS 3.1
9.8
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak exists in the rtw register hw() function within the rtw88 wifi driver. This occurs because supported bands are not properly freed during the error path. The issue is addressed by implementing device managed memory allocations using the devm kmemdup() function in rtw set supported band().
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
AZL-85836
CLSA-2026-1782155469
CLSA-2026-1783362244
OESA-2026-3204
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23237-1
USN-8492-1
USN-8492-2
USN-8492-3
USN-8492-4
USN-8492-5
USN-8497-1
USN-8498-1
USN-8499-1
USN-8606-1
USN-8607-1
USN-8609-1
USN-8619-1
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