CVE-2025-38417 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-392 — Missing Report of Error Condition17 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateNov 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix eswitch code memory leak in reset scenario Add simple eswitch mode checker in attaching VF procedure and allocate required port representor memory structures only in switchdev mode. The reset flows triggers VF (if present) detach/attach procedure. It might involve VF port representor(s) re-creation if the device is configured is switchdev mode (not legacy one). The memory was blindly allocated in current implementatio…

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

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.12 — 6.12.35+2
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.35-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linux415db8399d06a45ebd7b7d26b951f831a4b01801 — d6715193de439b79f1d6a4c03593c7529239b545+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.35-1 (forky)

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-hwe-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-11-04
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OSV
linux-gcp-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-31
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OSV
linux-aws-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-24
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OSV
linux-realtime-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14, linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-31
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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CVE-2025-38417 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase