CVE-2025-38444

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

raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request

If raid10_read_request or raid10_write_request registers a new
request and the REQ_NOWAIT flag is set, the code does not
free the malloc from the mempool.

unreferenced object 0xffff8884802c3200 (size 192):
   comm "fio", pid 9197, jiffies 4298078271
   hex dump (first 32 bytes):
     00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 41 02 00 00 00 00 00  .........A......
     08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................
   backtrace (crc c1a049a2):
     __kmalloc+0x2bb/0x450
     mempool_alloc+0x11b/0x320
     raid10_make_request+0x19e/0x650 [raid10]
     md_handle_request+0x3b3/0x9e0
     __submit_bio+0x394/0x560
     __submit_bio_noacct+0x145/0x530
     submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x682/0x830
     __blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x4dc/0x6b0
     blkdev_read_iter+0x1e5/0x3b0
     __io_read+0x230/0x1110
     io_read+0x13/0x30
     io_issue_sqe+0x134/0x1180
     io_submit_sqes+0x48c/0xe90
     __do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x574/0x8b0
     do_syscall_64+0x5c/0xe0
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

V4: changing backing tree to see if CKI tests will pass.
The patch code has not changed between any versions.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
UNKNOWN
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LinuxCNA
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Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
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