CVE-2025-38228
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Publication date: 2025-07-04
Last updated on: 2025-11-18
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-401 | The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a potential memory leak in the Linux kernel's media imagination driver, specifically in the e5010_probe() function. The issue occurs because memory allocated by video_device_alloc() was not properly released if an error happened, which has been fixed by adding a call to video_device_release() to free the allocated memory.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to a memory leak in the Linux kernel, which may cause increased memory usage and potentially degrade system performance or stability over time if the affected driver is used and the error condition occurs.