Bug 2363314 (CVE-2025-37796)

Summary: CVE-2025-37796 kernel: wifi: at76c50x: fix use after free access in at76_disconnect
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 14:03:24 UTC
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.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 04:16:26 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050122-CVE-2025-37796-d6f9@gregkh/T