CVE-2025-39834
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Publication date: 2025-09-16
Last updated on: 2025-12-01
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.12 (inc) to 6.16.5 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.17 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.17 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.17 |
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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 memory leak in the Linux kernel's net/mlx5 component. Specifically, when an invalid stc_type is provided, the function allocates memory but fails to free it properly due to an error in the control flow, causing a memory leak. The fix involves changing the code to ensure the allocated memory is freed correctly.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The memory leak caused by this vulnerability can lead to increased memory usage over time, potentially degrading system performance or causing resource exhaustion, which may result in system instability or crashes.