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CVE-2025-38384

5.5 · MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: spinand: fix memory leak of ECC engine conf Memory allocated for the ECC engine conf is not released during spinand cleanup.

Published Jul 25, 2025CWE-401EPSS 0.18%

Overview

CVE-2025-38384 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 25, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

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

mtd: spinand: fix memory leak of ECC engine conf

Memory allocated for the ECC engine conf is not released during spinand

cleanup. Below kmemleak trace is seen for this memory leak:

unreferenced object 0xffffff80064f00e0 (size 8):

comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294937458

hex dump (first 8 bytes):

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

backtrace (crc 0):

kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40

__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x208/0x3c0

spinand_ondie_ecc_init_ctx+0x114/0x200

nand_ecc_init_ctx+0x70/0xa8

nanddev_ecc_engine_init+0xec/0x27c

spinand_probe+0xa2c/0x1620

spi_mem_probe+0x130/0x21c

spi_probe+0xf0/0x170

really_probe+0x17c/0x6e8

__driver_probe_device+0x17c/0x21c

driver_probe_device+0x58/0x180

__device_attach_driver+0x15c/0x1f8

bus_for_each_drv+0xec/0x150

__device_attach+0x188/0x24c

device_initial_probe+0x10/0x20

bus_probe_device+0x11c/0x160

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/6463cbe08b0cbf9bba8763306764f5fd643023e1Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/68d3417305ee100dcad90fd6e5846b22497aa394Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/93147abf80a831dd3b5660b3309b4f09546073b2Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/c40b207cafd006c610832ba52a81cedee77adcb9Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/d5c1e3f32902ab518519d05515ee6030fd6c59aeRefgit.kernel.org/stable/c/f99408670407abb6493780e38cb4ece3fbb52cfcReflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38384?

CVE-2025-38384 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 25, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-38384?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-38384?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-38384?

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