Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-39728
Published: April 22, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU107773
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-2025-39728
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 resource management error within the samsung_clk_init() function in drivers/clk/samsung/clk.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-39728
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00307934eb94aaa0a99addfb37b9fe206f945004
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fef48f4a70e45a93e73c39023c3a6ea624714d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/157de9e48007a20c65d02fc0229a16f38134a72d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24307866e0ac0a5ddb462e766ceda5e27a6fbbe3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d29a6dcb51e346595a15b49693eeb728925ca43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1500b98cd81a32fdfb9bc63c33bb9f0c2a0a1bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d19d7345a7bcdb083b65568a11b11adffe0687af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d974e177369c034984cece9d7d4fada9f8b9c740
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.180