#VU112741 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38259
Published: July 10, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112741
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-2025-38259
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 WCD9335_SLIM_TX_CH() and wcd9335_parse_dt() functions in sound/soc/codecs/wcd9335.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/9079db287fc3e38e040b0edeb0a25770bb679c8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9830ef1803a5bc50b4a984a06cf23142cd46229d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8795f3cd289cd958f6396a1b43ba46fa8e22a2e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b86280aaa23c1c0f31bcaa600d35ddc45bc38b7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edadaf4239c14dc8a19ea7f60b97d5524d93c29b