CVE-2025-38015

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 35
Analyzed
Published: 18 Jun 2025, 09:28
Last modified:23 May 2026, 15:58

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Jun 2025, 09:28
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
23 May 2026, 15:58
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-401•Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    11.0

  • linux•linux

    ≥ a8563a33a5e26064061f2fb34215c97f0e2995f4, < 64afd9a1f644b27661420257dcc007d5009c99dd | ≥ a8563a33a5e26064061f2fb34215c97f0e2995f4, < 6e94a2c3e4c166cd2736ac225fba5889fb1e8ac0 | ≥ a8563a33a5e26064061f2fb34215c97f0e2995f4, < 868dbce755ec92855362d213f47e045a8388361a | ≥ a8563a33a5e26064061f2fb34215c97f0e2995f4, < 4f005eb68890698e5abc6a3af04dab76f175c50c | ≥ a8563a33a5e26064061f2fb34215c97f0e2995f4, < 46a5cca76c76c86063000a12936f8e7875295838 | 9526f051bedde01baa50081afe143a8bc5b8e6be | ≥ 6.0.9, < 6.1 | 6.1

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 6.0.9, < 6.1.140 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.92 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.30 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.8 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3 | 6.15:rc4 | 6.15:rc5 | 6.15:rc6

References (6)