Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38057

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Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38057

Published: June 19, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111419
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-2025-38057
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 espintcp_queue_out() function in net/xfrm/espintcp.c, within the esp_output_tcp_finish() function in net/ipv6/esp6.c, within the esp_output_tcp_finish() function in net/ipv4/esp4.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Confidential Computing Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Legacy Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-socionext
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-cavium
dtb-rockchip
dtb-xilinx
dtb-qcom
dtb-amazon
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-lg
dtb-sprd
dtb-amlogic
dtb-aarch64
dtb-amd
dtb-arm
dtb-apple
dtb-nvidia
dtb-altera
dtb-exynos
kernel-docs
dtb-mediatek
dtb-allwinner
dtb-renesas
dtb-marvell
dtb-freescale
dtb-broadcom
dtb-apm
kernel-obs-build
kernel-docs-html
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-macros
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-syms
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-optional
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.14 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-38057

Install update from vendor's repository.

linux-gcp-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1106.115~20.04.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-175.185~20.04.1, 5.15.0-175.185, 5.15.0-176.186, 5.15.0-1088.96, 5.15.0-1100.101, 5.15.0-1101.107~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1102.108, 5.15.0-1105.112~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1105.112, 5.15.0-1105.114, 5.15.0.175.148, 5.15.0.176.161, 5.15.0.1088.87, 5.15.0.1100.100, 5.15.0.1101.100, 5.15.0.1102.98, 5.15.0.1105.101, 5.15.0.1105.108, 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-32.32, 6.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1, 6.14.0-32.32.1, 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1013.13, 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1016.17
linux-hwe-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-176.186~20.04.1
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-176.186+fips1, 5.15.0-1105.114+fips1, 5.15.0.176.102, 5.15.0.1105.95
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1046.46+1, 5.15.0-1057.57, 5.15.0.1046.48
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1057.57~20.04.1
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1070.74, 5.15.0.1070.73
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1097.99, 5.15.0-1104.113, 5.15.0.1097.101, 5.15.0.1104.108
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1097.102, 5.15.0-1100.106~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1100.106, 5.15.0-1102.108~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1110.119, 5.15.0.1097.93, 5.15.0.1100.99, 5.15.0.1110.108, 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1012.12
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1099.102~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1099.102, 5.15.0.1099.95, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1044.44
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1099.102, 5.15.0.1099.97, 6.14.0-1014.14
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1110.119~20.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1110.119+fips1, 5.15.0.1110.95, 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1
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-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, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
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
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1012.12
linux-oracle-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1

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