CVE-2025-39890 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-39890
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-39890 Details

Status: Received on 24 Sep 2025, 11:15 UTC

Published on: 24 Sep 2025, 11:15 UTC

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-39890 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-39890: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_service_ready_ext_event Currently, in ath12k_service_ready_ext_event(), svc_rdy_ext.mac_phy_caps is not freed in the failure case, causing a memory leak. The following trace is observed in kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff8b3eb5789c00 (size 1024): comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4294942577 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 7b 00 00 10 ............{... 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 1f 38 00 00 .............8.. backtrace (crc 44e1c357): __kmalloc_noprof+0x30b/0x410 ath12k_wmi_mac_phy_caps_parse+0x84/0x100 [ath12k] ath12k_wmi_tlv_iter+0x5e/0x140 [ath12k] ath12k_wmi_svc_rdy_ext_parse+0x308/0x4c0 [ath12k] ath12k_wmi_tlv_iter+0x5e/0x140 [ath12k] ath12k_service_ready_ext_event.isra.0+0x44/0xd0 [ath12k] ath12k_wmi_op_rx+0x2eb/0xd70 [ath12k] ath12k_htc_rx_completion_handler+0x1f4/0x330 [ath12k] ath12k_ce_recv_process_cb+0x218/0x300 [ath12k] ath12k_pci_ce_workqueue+0x1b/0x30 [ath12k] process_one_work+0x219/0x680 bh_worker+0x198/0x1f0 tasklet_action+0x13/0x30 handle_softirqs+0xca/0x460 __irq_exit_rcu+0xbe/0x110 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 Free svc_rdy_ext.mac_phy_caps in the error case to fix this memory leak. Tested-on: QCN9274 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.WBE.1.4.1-00199-QCAHKSWPL_SILICONZ-1

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-39890

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-39890 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-39890

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-39890.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-39890, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-39890, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-39890 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2025-39890 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-39890 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-39890 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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