{"cve":"CVE-2025-37744","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T13:15:53.100","modified":"2026-06-17T09:15:21.320","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_pci_remove()\n\nKmemleak reported this error:\n\n  unreferenced object 0xffff1c165cec3060 (size 32):\n    comm \"insmod\", pid 560, jiffies 4296964570 (age 235.596s)\n    backtrace:\n      [<000000005434db68>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1f4/0x2c0\n      [<000000001203b155>] kmalloc_trace+0x40/0x88\n      [<0000000028adc9c8>] _request_firmware+0xb8/0x608\n      [<00000000cad1aef7>] firmware_request_nowarn+0x50/0x80\n      [<000000005011a682>] local_pci_probe+0x48/0xd0\n      [<00000000077cd295>] pci_device_probe+0xb4/0x200\n      [<0000000087184c94>] really_probe+0x150/0x2c0\n\nThe firmware memory was allocated in ath12k_pci_probe(), but not\nfreed in ath12k_pci_remove() in case ATH12K_FLAG_QMI_FAIL bit is\nset. So call ath12k_fw_unmap() to free the memory.\n\nTested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.2.0-02280-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-1","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b24394ed5c8a8d8f7b9e3aa9044c31495d46f2e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52e3132e62c31b5ade43dc4495fa81175e6e8398"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:11.054312287+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37744","score":0.00159,"percentile":0.04997,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}