CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40069

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, in the DRM MSM driver, there is an object reference leak in the VM_BIND error path. If a handle lookup fails, previously obtained object references are not dropped.

Risk Assessment

Memory leak can lead to resource exhaustion and potential system instability.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that fixes this bug (commit on patchwork.freedesktop.org).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix obj leak in VM_BIND error path If we fail a handle-lookup part way thru, we need to drop the already obtained obj references. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/669784/

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