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CVE-2025-38015 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46a5cca76c76c86063000a12936f8e7875295838
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f005eb68890698e5abc6a3af04dab76f175c50c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64afd9a1f644b27661420257dcc007d5009c99dd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e94a2c3e4c166cd2736ac225fba5889fb1e8ac0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868dbce755ec92855362d213f47e045a8388361a

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-38015
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/18/2025
Source:
kernel.org