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CVE-2025-40017 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer One internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not being freed during session close because it was not being tracked as part of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak. Add the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer during session close to ensure all allocated memory is released properly.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02a24f13b3a1d9da9f3de56aa5fdb7cc1fe167a2 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e024e907cafafd6b094f69a0d0f5d18fd28876 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec2f87ad035e8d1ad67567542842f1f23a4dbde2 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-40017
NVD Published Date:
10/20/2025
NVD Last Modified:
10/20/2025
Source:
kernel.org