Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37799

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU108401

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37799

Published: May 3, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU108401
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-2025-37799
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 vmxnet3_process_xdp() function in drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_xdp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Confidential Computing Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Legacy Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
openEuler
Netezza Appliance
kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 (Red Hat package)
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default
kernel (Red Hat package)
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-syms-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
cluster-md-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
cluster-md-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-base
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-64k-devel
kernel-64k-debug-devel
kernel-64k-debug
kernel-64k
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-37799

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.14.5
Netezza Appliance - update to 1.0.1.0 fp278500
kpatch-patch-5_14_0-570_17_1 (Red Hat package) - update to 1-3.el9_6
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_11-debugsource - update to 1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_10_39-rt - update to 1-150600.1.3.2
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_1-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_3-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_1-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_3-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.14.0-570.25.1.el9_6, 6.12.0-55.20.1.el10_0
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.21.coco15sp6.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-syms-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-devel-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-source-azure - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
kernel-azure-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1, 6.4.0-150700.20.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.8.37.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt_debug - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-syms-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
dlm-kmp-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.3.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.10.39.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.3.1.150700.17.2.1
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-90.0.0.84, 6.6.0-90.0.0.95
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k - update to 6.6.102-5
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-5
perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel - update to 6.6.102-5
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-5
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-22.22, 6.14.0-1004.4, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1008.8
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-100.100.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0.1023.24, 6.8.0-1023.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1, 6.14.0-1007.7, 6.14.0-1007.7+1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1007.7
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-2037.38, 6.8.1-1041.42
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1

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