What is CVE-2025-37982?

CVE-2025-37982 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401). CVE-2025-37982 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-37982?

CVE-2025-37982 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-37982?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2025-37982. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2025-37982 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-37982 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2025-37982

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wl1251: fix memory leak in wl1251_tx_work The skb dequeued from tx_queue is lost when wl1251_ps_elp_wakeup fails with a -ETIMEDOUT error. Fix that by queueing the skb back to tx_queue.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-05-20

Last modified 2025-12-16

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2025-37982 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-37982 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13c9744c1bcdb5de4e7dc1a78784788ecec52add
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2996144be660d930d5e394652abe08fe89dbe00e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a43fd36710669d67dbb5c16287a58412582ca26
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-37982

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-05-20

Modified 2025-12-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37982?

CVE-2025-37982 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . CVE-2025-37982 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-37982?

CVE-2025-37982 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-37982?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2025-37982. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2025-37982 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-37982 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →