GHSA-fw2p-r2v5-6jjq

GHSA-fw2p-r2v5-6jjq PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2025

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix memory leak in query_regdb_file() In the function query_regdb_file() the alpha2 parameter is duplicated using kmemdup() and subsequently freed in regdb_fw_cb(). However, request_firmware_nowait() can fail without calling regdb_fw_cb() and thus leak memory.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Timeline

May 1, 2025 CVE Published
Apr 10, 2026 Security Advisory

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