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

drm/imagination: fix firmware memory leaks

Free the memory used to hold the results of firmware image processing
when the module is unloaded.

Fix the related issue of the same memory being leaked if processing
of the firmware image fails during module load.

Ensure all firmware GEM objects are destroyed if firmware image
processing fails.

Fixes memory leaks on powervr module unload detected by Kmemleak:

unreferenced object 0xffff000042e20000 (size 94208):
comm "modprobe", pid 470, jiffies 4295277154
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
02 ae 7f ed bf 45 84 00 3c 5b 1f ed 9f 45 45 05 .....E..<[...EE.
d5 4f 5d 14 6c 00 3d 23 30 d0 3a 4a 66 0e 48 c8 .O].l.=#0.:Jf.H.
backtrace (crc dd329dec):
kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40
___kmalloc_large_node+0x140/0x188
__kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x2c/0x13c
__kmalloc_noprof+0x48/0x4c0
pvr_fw_init+0xaa4/0x1f50 [powervr]

unreferenced object 0xffff000042d20000 (size 20480):
comm "modprobe", pid 470, jiffies 4295277154
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 395b02e3):
kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40
___kmalloc_large_node+0x140/0x188
__kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x2c/0x13c
__kmalloc_noprof+0x48/0x4c0
pvr_fw_init+0xb0c/0x1f50 [powervr]
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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


Thu, 01 May 2025 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: fix firmware memory leaks Free the memory used to hold the results of firmware image processing when the module is unloaded. Fix the related issue of the same memory being leaked if processing of the firmware image fails during module load. Ensure all firmware GEM objects are destroyed if firmware image processing fails. Fixes memory leaks on powervr module unload detected by Kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff000042e20000 (size 94208): comm "modprobe", pid 470, jiffies 4295277154 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 02 ae 7f ed bf 45 84 00 3c 5b 1f ed 9f 45 45 05 .....E..<[...EE. d5 4f 5d 14 6c 00 3d 23 30 d0 3a 4a 66 0e 48 c8 .O].l.=#0.:Jf.H. backtrace (crc dd329dec): kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40 ___kmalloc_large_node+0x140/0x188 __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x2c/0x13c __kmalloc_noprof+0x48/0x4c0 pvr_fw_init+0xaa4/0x1f50 [powervr] unreferenced object 0xffff000042d20000 (size 20480): comm "modprobe", pid 470, jiffies 4295277154 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 395b02e3): kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40 ___kmalloc_large_node+0x140/0x188 __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x2c/0x13c __kmalloc_noprof+0x48/0x4c0 pvr_fw_init+0xb0c/0x1f50 [powervr]
Title drm/imagination: fix firmware memory leaks
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-26T05:20:22.513Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.938Z

Link: CVE-2025-37764

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-05-01T14:15:39.150

Modified: 2025-05-02T13:53:20.943

Link: CVE-2025-37764

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-05-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-37764 - Bugzilla

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