#VU112736 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38344
Published: July 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112736
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-2025-38344
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 acpi_ps_complete_final_op() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.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/0a119fdaed67566aa3e0b5222dced4d08bbce463
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/198c2dab022e5e94a99fff267b669d693bc7bb49
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e0e629e88b1f7751ce69bf70cda6d1598d45271
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fee4324b5660de080cefc3fc91c371543bdb8f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e0c59180ec83bdec43b3d3482cff23d86d380d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41afebc9a0762aafc35d2df88f4e1b798155a940
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/960236150cd3f08e13b397dd5ae4ccf7a2986c00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bed18f0bdcd6737a938264a59d67923688696fc4