PT-2025-22273 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6
Published
2025-04-23
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Updated
2026-04-20
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CVE-2025-37990
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The issue is related to the function
brcmf usb dl writeimage() which calls brcmf usb dl cmd() but does not check its return value. If brcmf usb dl cmd() fails, the variables state.state and state.bytes are left uninitialized, which can lead to dangerous conditions when using these uninitialized variables. The fix involves adding error handling for brcmf usb dl cmd() to handle failures properly and improve error messages for more detailed error reporting.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
Use of Uninitialized Resource
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Astra Linux
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu