VDB-317631 · CVE-2025-38410 · Nessus 249984

Linux Kernel up to 6.16-rc2 msm drm_sched_entity_push_job memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.16-rc2. The affected element is the function drm_sched_entity_push_job of the component msm. Performing a manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-38410. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.16-rc2. This affects the function drm_sched_entity_push_job of the component msm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix a fence leak in submit error path In error paths, we could unref the submit without calling drm_sched_entity_push_job(), so msm_job_free() will never get called. Since drm_sched_job_cleanup() will NULL out the s_fence, we can use that to detect this case. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/653584/

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-38410 since 04/16/2025. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 249984 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-38410), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.15.187, 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6 or 6.16-rc3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 5deab0fa6cfd0cd7def17598db15ceb84f950584/201eba5c9652a900c0b248070263f9acd3735689/fe2695b2f63bd77e0e03bc0fc779164115bb4699/0eaa495b3d5710e5ba72051d2e01bb28292c625c/0dc817f852e5f8ec8501d19ef7dcc01affa181d0/5d319f75ccf7f0927425a7545aa1a22b3eedc189 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (249984) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1653). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

Debian Linux
Amazon Linux 2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Ubuntu Linux
SUSE Linux
Oracle Linux
IBM QRadar SIEM
SUSE openSUSE
RESF Rocky Linux
Dell Avamar
Open Source Linux Kernel
Dell NetWorker
Dell Secure Connect Gateway

Productinfo

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Linux

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open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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