CVE-2025-37973 Affecting kernel-64k-modules-core package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KMODULESCORE-10197403
  • published21 May 2025
  • disclosed20 May 2025

Introduced: 20 May 2025

NewCVE-2025-37973  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-64k-modules-core.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules-core package and not the kernel-64k-modules-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: cfg80211: fix out-of-bounds access during multi-link element defragmentation

Currently during the multi-link element defragmentation process, the multi-link element length added to the total IEs length when calculating the length of remaining IEs after the multi-link element in cfg80211_defrag_mle(). This could lead to out-of-bounds access if the multi-link element or its corresponding fragment elements are the last elements in the IEs buffer.

To address this issue, correctly calculate the remaining IEs length by deducting the multi-link element end offset from total IEs end offset.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1