Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38190
Published: July 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112279
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-2025-38190
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 atm_pop_raw() function in net/atm/raw.c, within the vcc_sendmsg() function in net/atm/common.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38190
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2252c539c43f9a1431a7e8b34e3c18e9dd77a96d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/287b4f085d2ca3375cf1ee672af27410c64777e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3902205eadf35db59dbc2186c2a98b9e6182efa5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d828519bd69bfcaabdd942a872679617ef06739
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e0d00992118e234ebf29d5145c1cc920342777e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7851263998d4269125fd6cb3fdbfc7c6db853859
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6bc28cfe5c8e3a279b4b4bdeed6698b2702685
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12430edd92fd49a4800b0f3fb395b50cb16bcc1