Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37835
Published: May 9, 2025 / Updated: May 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU108850
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37835
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 cifs_abort_connection() and generic_ip_connect() functions in fs/smb/client/connect.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37835
Install update from vendor's website.
Linux kernel - update to 6.6.87
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/476617a4ca0123f0df677d547a82a110c27c8c74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e7f1644f2ac6d01dc584f6301c3b1d5aac4eaef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d8dfc27d90d41627c0d6ada97ed0ab57b3dae25
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/961755d0055e0e96d1849cc0425da966c8a64e53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6b6b8dcef4adf8ee4e439bb97e74106096c71b8
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.87