Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated May 12, 2026
CVE-2025-71273
CVE-2025-71273
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: rtw88: Use devm_kmemdup() in rtw_set_supported_band()
Simplify the code by using device managed memory allocations.
This also fixes a memory leak in rtw_register_hw(). The supported bands were not freed in the error path.
Copied from commit 145df52a8671 ("wifi: rtw89: Convert rtw89_core_set_supported_band to use devm_*").
Affected products
1Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026