SB2025042230 - Memory leak in Linux kernel vhost driver
Published: April 22, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025042230
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-22083)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the vhost_scsi_set_endpoint(), target_undepend_item() and vhost_scsi_flush() functions in drivers/vhost/scsi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b34bdc42df047794542f3e220fe989124e4499a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a19eb3d9818e28f14c818a18dc913344a52ca92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd054baf382a426bbf5135ede0fc5673db74d3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5dd639a1646ef5fe8f4bf270fad47c5c3755b9b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b449f73ab0dcc0ba11ceaa4c5c70bc86ccf03c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.2