CVE-2025-21981

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix memory leak in aRFS after reset Fix aRFS (accelerated Receive Flow Steering) structures memory leak by adding a checker to verify if aRFS memory is already allocated while configuring VSI. aRFS objects are allocated in two cases: - as part of VSI initialization (at probe), and - as part of reset handling However, VSI reconfiguration executed during reset involves memory allocation one more time, without prior releasing already allocated resources. This led to the memory leak with the following signature: [root@os-delivery ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xff3c1ca7252e6000 (size 8192): comm "kworker/0:0", pid 8, jiffies 4296833052 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 0): [<ffffffff991ec485>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x275/0x340 [<ffffffffc0a6e06a>] ice_init_arfs+0x3a/0xe0 [ice] [<ffffffffc09f1027>] ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x607/0x850 [ice] [<ffffffffc09f244b>] ice_vsi_setup+0x5b/0x130 [ice] [<ffffffffc09c2131>] ice_init+0x1c1/0x460 [ice] [<ffffffffc09c64af>] ice_probe+0x2af/0x520 [ice] [<ffffffff994fbcd3>] local_pci_probe+0x43/0xa0 [<ffffffff98f07103>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffff98f0b6d9>] process_one_work+0x179/0x390 [<ffffffff98f0c1e9>] worker_thread+0x239/0x340 [<ffffffff98f14abc>] kthread+0xcc/0x100 [<ffffffff98e45a6d>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 [<ffffffff98e083ba>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 ...
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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History

10 Apr 2025, 13:25

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6902101f34f098af59b0d1d8cf90c4124c02c6a - Patch
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef2bc94059836a115430a6ad9d2838b0b34dc8f5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78f3d64b30210c0e521c59357431aca14024cb79 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78f3d64b30210c0e521c59357431aca14024cb79 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b27e6e10a32589fcd293b8933ab6de9387a460e - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b27e6e10a32589fcd293b8933ab6de9387a460e - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcbacc47d16306c87ad1b820b7a575f6e9eae58b - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcbacc47d16306c87ad1b820b7a575f6e9eae58b - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23d97f18901ef5e4e264e3b1777fe65c760186b5 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23d97f18901ef5e4e264e3b1777fe65c760186b5 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d30d256661fc11b6e73fac6c3783a702e1006a3 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d30d256661fc11b6e73fac6c3783a702e1006a3 - Patch
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE CWE-401
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

01 Apr 2025, 16:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-04-01 16:15

Updated : 2025-04-10 13:25


NVD link : CVE-2025-21981

Mitre link : CVE-2025-21981


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-401

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime