CVE-2025-68759 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
40 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV7.2
No vectorEPSS
0.1%
top 83.55%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxf653211197f3841f383fa9757ef8ce182c6cf627 — 3677c01891fb0239361e444afee8398868e34bdf+8