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
5.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (3)
linux/Kernel
6.12.0 - 6.16.5linux
linux/linux_kernel
6.17 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
6.12 - 6.16.5
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026