GHSA-FMXG-MJGM-8Q6C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-18 12:30 – Updated: 2025-12-17 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc
Memory allocated for idxd is not freed if an error occurs during idxd_alloc(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38015"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-18T10:15:33Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc\n\nMemory allocated for idxd is not freed if an error occurs during\nidxd_alloc(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the reverse order\nof allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.",
"id": "GHSA-fmxg-mjgm-8q6c",
"modified": "2025-12-17T21:30:30Z",
"published": "2025-06-18T12:30:31Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38015"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a5cca76c76c86063000a12936f8e7875295838"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f005eb68890698e5abc6a3af04dab76f175c50c"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64afd9a1f644b27661420257dcc007d5009c99dd"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e94a2c3e4c166cd2736ac225fba5889fb1e8ac0"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868dbce755ec92855362d213f47e045a8388361a"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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