CVE-2025-68759Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

40 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV7.2
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 5
Latest updateApr 17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtl818x: Fix potential memory leaks in rtl8180_init_rx_ring() In rtl8180_init_rx_ring(), memory is allocated for skb packets and DMA allocations in a loop. When an allocation fails, the previously successful allocations are not freed on exit. Fix that by jumping to err_free_rings label on error, which calls rtl8180_free_rx_ring() to free the allocations. Remove the free of rx_ring in rtl8180_init_rx_ring() error path, a

Affected Packages13 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel2.6.255.10.248+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.249-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxf653211197f3841f383fa9757ef8ce182c6cf6273677c01891fb0239361e444afee8398868e34bdf+8
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.162-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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🕵️Threat Intelligence

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