CVE-2025-38612
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Publication date: 2025-08-19

Last updated on: 2025-11-03

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() In the error paths after fb_info structure is successfully allocated, the memory allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() for info->pagerefs is not freed. Fix that by adding the cleanup function on the error path.
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Published
2025-08-19
Last Modified
2025-11-03
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2026-05-27
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2025-08-19
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-25
NVD
CVE-2025-38612
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Showing 2 associated CPEs
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linux linux_kernel 6.1.153-1
linux linux_kernel 5.10.244-1
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a potential memory leak in the Linux kernel's fbtft framebuffer driver. Specifically, when an error occurs after the fb_info structure is allocated, the memory allocated for info->pagerefs in fb_deferred_io_init() is not freed properly. The fix involves adding a cleanup function to free this memory on the error path.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The impact of this vulnerability is a potential memory leak in the Linux kernel, which could lead to increased memory usage and possibly system instability or crashes if the leak occurs repeatedly or in critical systems.


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