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The wl1251 driver is a Linux kernel module for Texas Instruments Wi-Fi chipsets. On WindowsForum.com, discussions about this driver focus on a specific security vulnerability, CVE-2025-37982, which describes a memory leak in the driver's transmit path. The bug occurs when a socket buffer is dequeued but not requeued after a power-save wakeup timeout, leading to resource loss. The upstream fix ensures the buffer is requeued instead of discarded. This topic is relevant for Linux users and system administrators managing devices with TI wireless hardware, particularly those concerned with kernel stability and security updates.
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    CVE-2025-37982: Linux wl1251 Memory Leak Fix Upstream

    A recently assigned Linux-kernel CVE — CVE-2025-37982 — tracks a memory‑leak bug in the Texas Instruments wl1251 Wi‑Fi driver (the kernel file drivers/net/wireless/ti/wl1251/tx.c). The defect causes a socket buffer (skb) dequeued from the driver's transmit queue to be lost when the driver's...
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