#VU120017 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-68204
Published: December 16, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU120017
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-2025-68204
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 scmi_pd_power_off() and scmi_pm_domain_probe() functions in drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/scmi_pm_domain.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/18249a167ffd91b4b4fbd92afd4ddcbf3af81f35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/582f48d22eb5676fe7be3589b986ddd29f7bf4d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7458f72cc28f9eb0de811effcb5376d0ec19094a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f569197f7ad09319af960bd7e43109de5c67c04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/921b090841ae7a08b19ab14495bdf8636dc31e21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/983e91da82ec3e331600108f9be3ea61236f5c75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad120c08b89a81d41d091490bbe150343473b659
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6e11d320fd6cbaef6d589f2fcb45aa25a6b960a