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

staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc()

In the error paths after fb_info structure is successfully allocated,
the memory allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() for info->pagerefs is not
freed. Fix that by adding the cleanup function on the error path.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000


Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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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


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() In the error paths after fb_info structure is successfully allocated, the memory allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() for info->pagerefs is not freed. Fix that by adding the cleanup function on the error path.
Title staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc()
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-28T14:44:10.420Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.029Z

Link: CVE-2025-38612

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-19T17:15:39.777

Modified: 2025-08-28T15:15:55.497

Link: CVE-2025-38612

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-08-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38612 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-21T12:31:44Z