medium5.5
CVE-2025-38015
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc Memory allocated for …
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc Memory allocated for idxd is not freed if an error occurs during idxd_alloc(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 6.0.9 before 6.1.140 from 6.2 before 6.6.92 from 6.7 before 6.12.30 from 6.13 before 6.14.8 Version 6.15 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html