CVE-2025-40017Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

6 documents5 sources
Severity
N/A
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 20

Description

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 Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.15.06.16.11+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.16.11-1
CVEListV5linux/linux73702f45db81b74897b2808aaa13484826156006c9e024e907cafafd6b094f69a0d0f5d18fd28876+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.16.11-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
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 bu2025-10-20
OSV
media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer2025-10-20
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 buff2025-10-20

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer2025-10-20
Debian
CVE-2025-40017: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris...2025