CVE-2025-38015

CVE-2025-38015: vulnerability in Linux

dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 92% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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
Linux · Linux
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a5cca76c76c86063000a12936f8e7875295838https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f005eb68890698e5abc6a3af04dab76f175c50chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64afd9a1f644b27661420257dcc007d5009c99ddhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e94a2c3e4c166cd2736ac225fba5889fb1e8ac0https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868dbce755ec92855362d213f47e045a8388361ahttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html