Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37788
Published: May 2, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108212
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-2025-37788
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 cxgb4_init_ethtool_filters() function in drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_ethtool.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37788
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ffb3724ce743578163f5ade2884374554ca021
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08aa59c0be768596467552c129e9f82166779a67
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118d05b530343cd9322607b9719405ba254a4183
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76deedea08899885f076aba0bb80bd1276446822
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafb6e433ab2333b67be05433dc9c6ccbc7b1284
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9de08e15aee35b96064960f95997bb6c1209c4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2d7708955e4f8212fd69bab1da604e60cb0b15
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.135