PT-2025-25790 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5

Published

2025-04-04

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Updated

2026-05-26

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CVE-2025-38015

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the dmaengine: idxd component. The problem occurs when an error happens during the idxd alloc() function, causing allocated memory for idxd to not be freed. This issue is resolved by freeing the allocated memory in the reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-09037
CVE-2025-38015
DLA-4271-1
OESA-2025-1924
OESA-2025-1925
OESA-2025-1926
OESA-2025-1927
OESA-2025-1928
SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20475-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20483-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20493-1
SUSE-SU-2025:20498-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02249-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02254-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02307-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02333-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02335-1
SUSE-SU-2025_02538-1
USN-7699-1
USN-7699-2
USN-7721-1
USN-8028-1
USN-8028-2
USN-8028-3
USN-8028-4
USN-8028-5
USN-8028-6
USN-8028-7
USN-8028-8
USN-8031-1
USN-8031-2
USN-8031-3
USN-8052-1
USN-8052-2
USN-8074-1
USN-8074-2
USN-8126-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu