#VU115675 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-39835
Published: September 17, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115675
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-2025-39835
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 xfs_da_read_buf() function in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_da_btree.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/157ddfb05961c68ab7d457a462822a698e4e4bf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39fc2742ca14f7fbc621ce9b43bcbd00248cb9a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90bae69c2959c39912f0c2f07a9a7894f3fc49f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae668cd567a6a7622bc813ee0bb61c42bed61ba7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3cc7476b89fb45b7e00874f4f56f6b928467c60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcdf36f1b67884c722abce9b8946e34ffb9f67c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e358d4b6225e4c1eb208686a05e360ef8df59e07