CVE-2025-40267 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 89.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 6
Latest updateFeb 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
io_uring/rw: ensure allocated iovec gets cleared for early failure
A previous commit reused the recyling infrastructure for early cleanup,
but this is not enough for the case where our internal caches have
overflowed. If this happens, then the allocated iovec can get leaked if
the request is also aborted early.
Reinstate the previous forced free of the iovec for that situation.
Affected Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9ac273ae3dc296905b4d61e4c8e7a25592f6d183 — 094c6467fe05e0de618c5a7fcff4d3ee20aeaef8+2