{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38199","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:23.993Z","datePublished":"2025-07-04T13:37:21.227Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:23:10.217Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T21:23:10.217Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nwifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak due to multiple rx_stats allocation\n\nrx_stats for each arsta is allocated when adding a station.\narsta->rx_stats will be freed when a station is removed.\n\nRedundant allocations are occurring when the same station is added\nmultiple times. This causes ath12k_mac_station_add() to be called\nmultiple times, and rx_stats is allocated each time. As a result there\nis memory leaks.\n\nPrevent multiple allocations of rx_stats when ath12k_mac_station_add()\nis called repeatedly by checking if rx_stats is already allocated\nbefore allocating again. Allocate arsta->rx_stats if arsta->rx_stats\nis NULL respectively.\n\nTested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.3.1-00173-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1\nTested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3"}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c"],"versions":[{"version":"d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2","lessThan":"232f962ae5fca98912a719e64b4964a5aec7c99b","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2","lessThan":"c426497fa2055c8005196922e7d29c41d7e0948a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/mac.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.4","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.15.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3","versionEndExcluding":"6.16"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/232f962ae5fca98912a719e64b4964a5aec7c99b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c426497fa2055c8005196922e7d29c41d7e0948a"}],"title":"wifi: ath12k: Fix memory leak due to multiple rx_stats allocation","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}