#VU112737 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38345
Published: July 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112737
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-38345
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the acpi_ds_create_operands() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156fd20a41e776bbf334bd5e45c4f78dfc90ce1c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0d9115a001979cb446ba5e8331dd1d29a10bbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fa430a8bca708c7776f6b9d001257f48b19a5b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a68893b594ee6ce0efce5f74c07e64e9dd0c2c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c4bcf0308dd1d752ef31d560040b8725e29984
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755a8006b76792922ff7b1c9674d8897a476b5d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76d37168155880f2b04a0aad92ceb0f9d799950e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0783910ca4368b01466bc8dcdcc13c3e0b7db53