Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37973

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU109564

Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37973

Published: May 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU109564
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37973
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the cfg80211_defrag_mle() function in net/wireless/scan.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
Development Tools Module
Confidential Computing Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Legacy Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-source-coco
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-allwinner
dtb-socionext
dtb-hisilicon
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-amazon
dtb-qcom
dtb-xilinx
dtb-rockchip
dtb-exynos
dtb-cavium
dtb-sprd
dtb-amlogic
dtb-aarch64
dtb-amd
dtb-arm
dtb-apple
dtb-lg
dtb-altera
kernel-docs
dtb-mediatek
dtb-renesas
dtb-marvell
dtb-freescale
dtb-broadcom
dtb-apm
dtb-nvidia
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-build
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-macros
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-syms
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-extra-modules
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-64k-debug-devel
kernel-64k-devel
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-64k
kernel-64k-debug
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-37973

Install update from vendor's website.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-127.0.0.113, 6.6.0-127.0.0.125, 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-127.0.0.126
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
perf - update to 6.6.102-5
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-28.28, 6.14.0-1010.10~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1011.11, 6.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1014.15, 6.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-100.100.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0.1023.24, 6.8.0-1023.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-2037.38, 6.8.1-1041.42
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-28.28~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1010.10

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