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.
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Sat, 06 Sep 2025 09:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 05 Sep 2025 17:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title drm/nouveau/nvif: Fix potential memory leak in nvif_vmm_ctor().
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-05T17:20:45.357Z

Updated: 2025-09-29T05:57:15.710Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.112Z

Link: CVE-2025-39679

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-09-05T18:15:44.293

Modified: 2025-11-25T21:28:54.547

Link: CVE-2025-39679

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39679 - Bugzilla