CVE-2025-38148 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: mscc: Fix memory leak when using one step timestamping
Fix memory leak when running one-step timestamping. When running
one-step sync timestamping, the HW is configured to insert the TX time
into the frame, so there is no reason to keep the skb anymore. As in
this case the HW will never generate an interrupt to say that the frame
was timestamped, then the frame will never released.
Fix this by freeing the frame in ca…
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 Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7d272e63e0979d38a6256108adbe462d621c26c5 — 24b24295464f25fb771d36ed558c7cd942119361+6
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0