5.5

CVE-2025-37757

tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_link_xmit

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: fix memory leak in tipc_link_xmit

In case the backlog transmit queue for system-importance messages is overloaded,
tipc_link_xmit() returns -ENOBUFS but the skb list is not purged. This leads to
memory leak and failure when a skb is allocated.

This commit fixes this issue by purging the skb list before tipc_link_xmit()
returns.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 4.11 < 5.4.293
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.237
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.181
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.135
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.88
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.24
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.13.12
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.14 < 6.14.3
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.15 Updaterc1
Debian ≫ Debian Linux Version11.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.06% 0.197
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.