CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-39679

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the drm/nouveau/nvif module has a potential memory leak in nvif_vmm_ctor(). When nvif_vmm_type is invalid, the function returns an error without freeing the args, leading to a memory leak. The fix sets ret to -EINVAL and goes to done.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources, potentially causing crashes or performance degradation over time.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Monitor memory usage on systems with NVIDIA graphics cards using nouveau.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau/nvif: Fix potential memory leak in nvif_vmm_ctor(). When the nvif_vmm_type is invalid, we will return error directly without freeing the args in nvif_vmm_ctor(), which leading a memory leak. Fix it by setting the ret -EINVAL and goto done.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS