#VU111417 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38015
Published: June 19, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111417
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-2025-38015
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 idxd_alloc() function in drivers/dma/idxd/init.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/46a5cca76c76c86063000a12936f8e7875295838
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f005eb68890698e5abc6a3af04dab76f175c50c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64afd9a1f644b27661420257dcc007d5009c99dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e94a2c3e4c166cd2736ac225fba5889fb1e8ac0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868dbce755ec92855362d213f47e045a8388361a