CVE-2025-23160 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime41 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 72.16%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization On Mediatek devices with a system companion processor (SCP) the mtk_scp structure has to be removed explicitly to avoid a resource leak. Free the structure in case the allocation of the firmware structure fails during the firmware initialization.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.1.130 — 6.1.153+4
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.153-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxeeb62bb4ca22db17f7dfe8fb8472e0442df3d92f — 69dd5bbdd79c65445bb17c3c53510783bc1d756c+7
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.153-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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