#VU117715 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40035
Published: October 28, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117715
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-2025-40035
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 uinput_ff_upload_to_user() function in drivers/input/misc/uinput.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/48c96b7e9e03516936d6deba54b5553097eae817
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/933b87c4590b42500299f00ff55f555903056803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3366a04770eea807f2826cbdb96934dd8c9bf79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e63aade22a33e77b93c98c9f02db504d897a76b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5e1f3b85aadce74268c46676772c3e9fa79897e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd8a23ecbc602d00e47b27f20b07350867d0ebe5