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GHSA-45VC-784V-VP78

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-16 15:32 – Updated: 2025-12-02 00:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_action_get_shared_stc_nic error flow

When an invalid stc_type is provided, the function allocates memory for shared_stc but jumps to unlock_and_out without freeing it, causing a memory leak.

Fix by jumping to free_shared_stc label instead to ensure proper cleanup.

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2025-39834 (GCVE-0-2025-39834)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-16 13:08 – Updated: 2025-09-29 06:00

Title

net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_action_get_shared_stc_nic error flow

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_action_get_shared_stc_nic error flow When an invalid stc_type is provided, the function allocates memory for shared_stc but jumps to unlock_and_out without freeing it, causing a memory leak. Fix by jumping to free_shared_stc label instead to ensure proper cleanup.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

References

URL

Tags

	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/051fd8576a2e4e95d…
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a630f83592cdad125…

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Linux

Affected: 504e536d90104c850731840d3fbc95acf251f11b , < 051fd8576a2e4e95d5870c5c9f8679c5b16882e4 (git)
Affected: 504e536d90104c850731840d3fbc95acf251f11b , < a630f83592cdad1253523a1b760cfe78fef6cd9c (git)

Linux

Affected: 6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16.5 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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GHSA-45VC-784V-VP78

CVE-2025-39834 (GCVE-0-2025-39834)

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