Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22083

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU107652

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22083

Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU107652
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-2025-22083
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 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.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Confidential Computing Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
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-debugsource
kernel
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
linux (Debian package)
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
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-sprd
dtb-socionext
kernel-docs-html
kernel-docs
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-amazon
dtb-aarch64
dtb-amd
dtb-arm
dtb-apple
dtb-lg
dtb-qcom
dtb-altera
dtb-xilinx
dtb-exynos
dtb-rockchip
dtb-cavium
dtb-amlogic
dtb-nvidia
dtb-apm
dtb-broadcom
dtb-renesas
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-freescale
dtb-marvell
dtb-allwinner
dtb-mediatek
kernel-obs-build
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-macros
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-64kb-extra
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-vdso
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-livepatch
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-optional
cluster-md-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.11 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-22083

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.14.2
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-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.196, 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-294.0.0.197, 6.6.0-125.0.0.112, 6.6.0-125.0.0.124, 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.162-1
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
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - 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
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - 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-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - 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-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-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-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - 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-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - 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-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-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 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - 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
reiserfs-kmp-default-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
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - 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-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-125.0.0.125
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-86.87, 6.8.0-86.87.1, 6.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1025.28, 6.8.0-1038.39, 6.8.0-1039.39, 6.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1041.47+1, 6.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1042.45, 6.11.0-28.28, 6.11.0-28.28~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1011.11, 6.11.0-1014.14, 6.11.0-1015.16, 6.11.0-1016.16, 6.11.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1017.18, 6.14.0-22.22, 6.14.0-1004.4, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1008.8
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-86.87~22.04.1
linux-azure-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1029.32
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1038.43, 6.8.0-1041.44, 6.8.0-1041.44.1, 6.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2, 6.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1041.45
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1044.50+fips1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2032.33
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.1-1036.37, 6.8.1-1036.37~22.04.1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.11.0-1015.16, 6.11.0-1015.16~24.04.2
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.11.0-1018.18, 6.11.0-1018.18~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-oem-6.11 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.11.0-1024.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1007.7+1

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