CVE-2025-38390Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_ffa: Fix memory leak by freeing notifier callback node Commit e0573444edbf ("firmware: arm_ffa: Add interfaces to request notification callbacks") adds support for notifier callbacks by allocating and inserting a callback node into a hashtable during registration of notifiers. However, during unregistration, the code only removes the node from the hashtable without freeing the associated memory, resulting in a me

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 Packages14 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.76.12.37+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.37-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linuxe0573444edbf4ee7e3c191d3d08a4ccbd26628be076fa20b4f5737c34921dbb152f9efceaee571b2+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.37-1 (forky)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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CVE-2025-38390 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase