5.5

CVE-2025-38417: ice: fix eswitch code memory leak in reset scenario

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38417DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38417
Published 25-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38417 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 16 · Related 14
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1RHSA-2025:14420RHSA-2025:14510SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix eswitch code memory leak in reset scenario Add simple eswitch mode checker in attaching VF procedure and allocate required port representor memory structures only in switchdev mode. The reset flows triggers VF (if present) detach/attach procedure. It might involve VF port representor(s) re-creation if the device is configured is switchdev mode (not legacy one). The memory was blindly allocated in current implementation, regardless of the mode and not freed if in legacy mode. Kmemeleak trace: unreferenced object (percpu) 0x7e3bce5b888458 (size 40): comm "bash", pid 1784, jiffies 4295743894 hex dump (first 32 bytes on cpu 45): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 0): pcpu_alloc_noprof+0x4c4/0x7c0 ice_repr_create+0x66/0x130 [ice] ice_repr_create_vf+0x22/0x70 [ice] ice_eswitch_attach_vf+0x1b/0xa0 [ice] ice_reset_all_vfs+0x1dd/0x2f0 [ice] ice_pci_err_resume+0x3b/0xb0 [ice] pci_reset_function+0x8f/0x120 reset_store+0x56/0xa0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x120/0x1b0 vfs_write+0x31c/0x430 ksys_write+0x61/0xd0 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x180 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e Testing hints (ethX is PF netdev): - create at least one VF echo 1 > /sys/class/net/ethX/device/sriov_numvfs - trigger the reset echo 1 > /sys/class/net/ethX/device/reset

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.17% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu89 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 415db8399d06a45ebd7b7d26b951f831a4b01801, < d6715193de439b79f1d6a4c03593c7529239b545 | ≥ 415db8399d06a45ebd7b7d26b951f831a4b01801, < e97a7a051b55f55f276c1568491d0ed7f890ee94 | ≥ 415db8399d06a45ebd7b7d26b951f831a4b01801, < 48c8b214974dc55283bd5f12e3a483b27c403bbc | 6.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.12, < 6.12.35 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.4 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.35-1

3 vendors · 92 products

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