#VU120010 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68241
Published: December 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120010
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-2025-68241
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 fnhe_remove_oldest() function in net/ipv4/route.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/041ab9ca6e80d8f792bb69df28ebf1ef39c06af8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fd16ed6dc331636fb2a874c42d2f7d3156f7ff0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/298f1e0694ab4edb6092d66efed93c4554e6ced1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7210da22429765d19460d38c30eeca72656282
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69d35c12168f9c59b159ae566f77dfad9f96d7ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac1499fcd40fe06479e9b933347b837ccabc2a40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84f083f50ecc736a95091691339a1b363962f0e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8a44407bdaf2f0c5505cc7d9fc7d8da90cf9a94