CVE-2025-38015
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc Memory allocated for idxd is not freed if an error occurs during idxd_alloc(). To fix it, free the allocated memory in the reverse order of allocation before exiting the function in case of an error.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38015
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38015.html
Vendor advisory: redhat — https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:18587
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhel | 9 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.140-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.12.30-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.12.30-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.12.30-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.