PT-2025-37222 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
Published
2025-08-07
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Updated
2026-04-20
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CVE-2025-39764
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV: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:
The netfilter component in the Linux kernel contains an issue in the ctnetlink module related to expectation dumpers. A flaw exists where the refcount of an expectation object may be incorrectly incremented, leading to a memory leak. This occurs due to a potential double-increment of the refcount when checking if the expectation object is the last one.
Recommendations:
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linux Kernel
Suse