5.5

CVE-2025-39830

net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_pool_buddy_init error path

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

net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_pool_buddy_init error path

In the error path of hws_pool_buddy_init(), the buddy allocator cleanup
doesn't free the allocator structure itself, causing a memory leak.

Add the missing kfree() to properly release all allocated memory.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.12 < 6.16.5
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.17 Updaterc1
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.17 Updaterc2
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version6.17 Updaterc3
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.12% 0.021
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
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 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, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86d13a6f49cb68aa91bd718b1b627e72e77285c1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c0a959bebdc1ada13cf9a8242f177c5400299e6
Patch