Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38043

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU111671

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38043

Published: June 20, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111671
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-2025-38043
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 resource management error within the mt76_dma_cleanup() function in drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/dma.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
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
Anolis OS
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-freescale
dtb-nvidia
dtb-apm
dtb-broadcom
dtb-marvell
dtb-renesas
kernel-docs
dtb-mediatek
kernel-docs-html
dtb-exynos
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
dtb-aarch64
dtb-amd
dtb-arm
dtb-apple
dtb-lg
dtb-altera
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amlogic
dtb-sprd
dtb-cavium
dtb-rockchip
dtb-xilinx
dtb-qcom
dtb-amazon
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-socionext
kernel-macros
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-64kb
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-syms
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-optional
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-64k-devel
kernel-64k-debug-devel
kernel-64k-debug
kernel-64k
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (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)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-38043

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
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
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.152.87, 5.15.0-152.162+fips1, 5.15.0.1090.80, 5.15.0.1090.86, 5.15.0-1090.97+fips1, 5.15.0-1090.99+fips1, 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.152.133, 5.15.0.152.152, 5.15.0-152.162, 5.15.0.152.162~20.04.1, 5.15.0-152.162~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1032.32, 5.15.0.1032.34, 5.15.0-1043.43, 5.15.0.1043.43, 5.15.0.1043.43~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1043.43~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1054.57, 5.15.0-1054.58, 5.15.0.1073.72, 5.15.0-1073.81, 5.15.0-1083.85, 5.15.0.1083.86~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1083.86~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1083.87, 5.15.0-1085.91~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1085.91~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1088.94~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1088.94~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1090.86, 5.15.0.1090.93, 5.15.0.1090.94, 5.15.0-1090.97, 5.15.0.1090.97~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1090.97~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1090.99, 5.15.0-1090.99~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1090.99~20.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-32.32, 6.14.0-32.32.1, 6.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1013.13, 6.14.0-1016.17, 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1084.80, 5.15.0.1084.82, 5.15.0-1084.87, 5.15.0.1085.85, 5.15.0-1085.91, 5.15.0.1088.84, 5.15.0-1088.94, 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1085.85, 5.15.0-1085.86
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1086.82, 5.15.0-1086.91, 5.15.0.1087.86, 5.15.0-1087.93
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1094.79, 5.15.0-1094.103+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1094.92, 5.15.0-1094.103, 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1012.12
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1094.103~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1094.103~20.04.1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.1.147-1
kernel-coco-devel - 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-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-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-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - 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
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - 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-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - 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
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - 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
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-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-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - 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
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - 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-devel-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
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-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
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - 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-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - 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
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-145.0.12.138, 6.6.0-145.1.12.150
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug - 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-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-5
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
perf - update to 6.6.102-5
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
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-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
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-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1012.12
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1014.14

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