#VU119283 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40306
Published: December 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU119283
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-2025-40306
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 convert_to_internal_xattr_flags() and orangefs_inode_getxattr() functions in fs/orangefs/xattr.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/025e880759c279ec64d0f754fe65bf45961da864
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15afebb9597449c444801d1ff0b8d8b311f950ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9127d1e90c90e5960c8bc72a4ce2c209691a7021
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc812574de633cf9a9ad6974490e45f6a4bb5126
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ca015ac109fd743fdde27933d59dc5ad46658e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6564ff6b53c9a8dc786b6f1c51ae7688273f931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09a096104fc65859422817fb2211f35855983fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef892d2bf4f3fa2c8de1677dd307e678bdd3d865