Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37951
Published: May 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109495
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-2025-37951
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 v3d_gpu_reset_for_timeout(), v3d_cl_job_timedout() and v3d_csd_job_timedout() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_sched.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37951
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12125f7d9c15e6d8ac91d10373b2db2f17dcf767
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e4079bf1a2570abffce6ababa631afcf8ea0e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/422a8b10ba42097a704d6909ada2956f880246f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5235b56b7e5449d990d21d78723b1a5e7bb5738e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5f162727b91e480656da1876247a91f651f76de