Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37764
Published: May 2, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108211
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-2025-37764
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 pvr_fw_process(), kfree() and pvr_fw_cleanup() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/imagination/pvr_fw.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37764
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/490c30fd554597e78f66650044877e7defb5f83c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891c12ba855ccb34c06a2e5da75c644683087036
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5b230e7f3a55bd8bd8d012eec75a4b7baa671d5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.25
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.4