Bug 2365284 (CVE-2025-37872) - CVE-2025-37872 kernel: net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path
Summary: CVE-2025-37872 kernel: net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-37872
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2025-05-09 07:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-05-09 08:07 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-09 07:03:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: txgbe: fix memory leak in txgbe_probe() error path

When txgbe_sw_init() is called, memory is allocated for wx->rss_key
in wx_init_rss_key(). However, in txgbe_probe() function, the subsequent
error paths after txgbe_sw_init() don't free the rss_key. Fix that by
freeing it in error path along with wx->mac_table.

Also change the label to which execution jumps when txgbe_sw_init()
fails, because otherwise, it could lead to a double free for rss_key,
when the mac_table allocation fails in wx_sw_init().


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