#VU113239 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38400
Published: July 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113239
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-2025-38400
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 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() function in fs/nfs/inode.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/3c94212b57bedec3a386ef3da1ef00602f5c3d1d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/412534a1fb76958b88dca48360c6f3ad4f3390f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6acf340f8c1d296bcf535986175f5d0d6f2aab09
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7701c245ff1ac1a126bf431e72b24547519046ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8785701fd7cd52ae74c0d2b35b82568df74e9dbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92397ce96743e4cc090207e2df2a856cb4cef08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0877c479f44fe475f4c8c02c88ce9ad43e90298
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8d6f3ab59468e230f3253efe5cb63efa35289f7