CVE-2025-37796 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-37796

wifi: at76c50x: fix use after free access in at76_disconnect

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: at76c50x: fix use after free access in at76_disconnect The memory pointed to by priv is freed at the end of at76_delete_device function (using ieee80211_free_hw). But the code then accesses the udev field of the freed object to put the USB device. This may also lead to a memory leak of the usb device. Fix this by using udev from interface.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
29e20aa6c6aff35c81d4da2e2cd516dadb569061, 3.17, 0, 5.4.293, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.135, 6.6.88, 6.12.25, 6.14.4, 6.15

Timeline

Official Publish: May 1st, 2025
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.