CVE-2025-40017
published 2025-10-20CVE-2025-40017: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer One internal buffer which…
PriorityP421
EPSS
0.22%
12.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not
being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as
part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak.
Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer
during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released
properly.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.16.11-1 (forky) | linux 6.16.11-1 (forky) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 73702f45db81b74897b2808aaa13484826156006 < c9e024e907cafafd6b094f69a0d0f5d18fd28876 | c9e024e907cafafd6b094f69a0d0f5d18fd28876 |
| linux | linux | >= 73702f45db81b74897b2808aaa13484826156006 < ec2f87ad035e8d1ad67567542842f1f23a4dbde2 | ec2f87ad035e8d1ad67567542842f1f23a4dbde2 |
| linux | linux | >= 73702f45db81b74897b2808aaa13484826156006 < 02a24f13b3a1d9da9f3de56aa5fdb7cc1fe167a2 | 02a24f13b3a1d9da9f3de56aa5fdb7cc1fe167a2 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.16.11-1 | 6.16.11-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.15.0 < 6.16.11 | 6.16.11 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.17.0 < 6.17.1 | 6.17.1 |
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GHSA
GHSA-p74f-qpqg-5w8f: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
One internal bu
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-10-20
CVE-2025-40017 GHSA-p74f-qpqg-5w8f: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
One internal bu
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not
being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as
part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak.
Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer
during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released
properly.
OSV
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
osv·2025-10-20
CVE-2025-40017 media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not
being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as
part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak.
Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer
during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released
properly.
OSV
CVE-2025-40017: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer One internal buff
osv·2025-10-20
CVE-2025-40017 CVE-2025-40017: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer One internal buff
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak. Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released properly.
Red Hat
kernel: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
vendor_redhat·2025-10-20
CVE-2025-40017 kernel: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
kernel: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer
One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not
being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as
part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak.
Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer
during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released
properly.
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affecte
Debian
CVE-2025-40017: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris...
vendor_debian·2025
CVE-2025-40017 [LOW] CVE-2025-40017: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak. Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released properly.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.16.11-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.16.11-1)
trixie: resolved
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2025-10-20
Published