CVE-2025-37990 — Use of Uninitialized Resource in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 71.56%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: brcm80211: fmac: Add error handling for brcmf_usb_dl_writeimage()
The function brcmf_usb_dl_writeimage() calls the function
brcmf_usb_dl_cmd() but dose not check its return value. The
'state.state' and the 'state.bytes' are uninitialized if the
function brcmf_usb_dl_cmd() fails. It is dangerous to use
uninitialized variables in the conditions.
Add error handling for brcmf_usb_dl_cmd() to jump to error
handling path if t…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages8 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0