PT-2025-22216
CVE-2025-37955
·
Published
2025-05-05
·
Updated
2026-02-27
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the virtio-net component. The leak occurs on the error path of the
virtnet xsk pool enable() function. This issue was revealed by selftests added to the Continuous Integration (CI) system. The memory leak is associated with unreferenced objects, and a backtrace is provided, indicating the involvement of functions such as kvmalloc node noprof, virtnet xsk pool enable, and xsk bind.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾