Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38427

Vulnerability identifier: #VU113322

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-2025-38427

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the DEFINE_RES_MEM() and screen_info_apply_fixups() functions in drivers/video/screen_info_pci.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Ubuntu
Anolis OS
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_3-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_3-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-macros
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-docs
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-extra-modules
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-64k
kernel-64k-debug
kernel-64k-debug-devel
kernel-64k-devel
kernel-debug
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (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-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.14 (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_3-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_13-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_3-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_11-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.13.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.20.11.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.1.150700.17.9.4
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.11.3
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-104.0.0.96, 6.6.0-104.0.0.107, 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-104.0.0.110
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-tools - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
perf - update to 6.6.102-5
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-64k-devel - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel - update to 6.6.102-5
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-5
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-5
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-34.34, 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1015.15, 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1016.16, 6.14.0-1018.19
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-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-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1007.7+25.10.1, 6.14.0-1014.14, 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
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-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f29b5c231011b94007d2c8a6d793992f2275db1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c70e3ad85d2890d8af375333699429de26327f2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aeda386d86d79269a08f470dbdc53d13a91e51fa
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3cc41ed67054a03134bea42408c720eec0fa04

• Resource management error in Linux kernel video driver
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP2 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-realtime-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Anolis OS update for kernel:6.6
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux-hwe-6.14
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-realtime-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws-fips
• Ubuntu update for linux-raspi-realtime
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-fips
• Ubuntu update for linux-hwe-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-lowlatency
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-lowlatency
• Ubuntu update for linux-xilinx
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-fips
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-6.8