CVE-2025-37955

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

virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()

The selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals
that there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable():

unreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048):
  comm "xdp_helper", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
  backtrace (crc 0):
    __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570
    virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882)
    xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226)
    xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0
    __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230
    __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0
    do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0
    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 1%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.11 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.29
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.14.7
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.15:rc5
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
not-affected
bookworm
6.1.148-1
not-affected
bullseye (security)
5.10.244-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.158-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.57-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.48-1
fixed
forky
6.17.9-1
fixed
sid
6.17.10-1
fixed