Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-22025
Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107655
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2025-22025
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the nfs4_alloc_open_stateid() and nfsd_break_one_deleg() functions in fs/nfsd/nfs4state.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-22025
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/133f5e2a37ce08c82d24e8fba65e0a81deae4609
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/230ca758453c63bd38e4d9f4a21db698f7abada8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b91c8ff4589f5263873b24c052447a28e10ef7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a81cde8c7ce65dd90fb47ceea93a45fc1a2fbd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b874cdef4e67e5150e07eff0eae1cbb21fb92da1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cad3479b63661a399c9df1d0b759e1806e2df3c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdb796137c57e68ca34518d53be53b679351eb86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d96587cc93ec369031bcd7658c6adc719873c9fd
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.134