#VU107652 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22083
Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107652
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22083
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the vhost_scsi_set_endpoint(), target_undepend_item() and vhost_scsi_flush() functions in drivers/vhost/scsi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b34bdc42df047794542f3e220fe989124e4499a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a19eb3d9818e28f14c818a18dc913344a52ca92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd054baf382a426bbf5135ede0fc5673db74d3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd639a1646ef5fe8f4bf270fad47c5c3755b9b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b449f73ab0dcc0ba11ceaa4c5c70bc86ccf03c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.2