CVE-2025-39830

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.16.5 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_pool_buddy_init error path In the error path of hws_pool_buddy_init(), the buddy allocator cleanup doesn't free the allocator structure itself, causing a memory leak. Add the missing kfree() to properly release all allocated memory.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 4.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.16.5
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 6.16.5linux

Timeline

Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026