virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()
The selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals
that there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable():
unreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048):
comm "xdp_helper", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778
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):
__kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570
virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882)
xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226)
xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0
__sys_bind+0x15e/0x230
__x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0
do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
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EUVD |
EUVD-2025-15901 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable() The selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals that there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable(): unreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048): comm "xdp_helper", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778 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): __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570 virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882) xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226) xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0 __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230 __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7699-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7699-2 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7721-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities |
Fri, 14 Nov 2025 17:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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cvssV3_1
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cvssV3_1
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Thu, 22 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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Tue, 20 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable() The selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals that there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable(): unreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048): comm "xdp_helper", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778 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): __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570 virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882) xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226) xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0 __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230 __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f | |
| Title | virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T21:18:20.158Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:23.973Z
Link: CVE-2025-37955
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-05-20T16:15:33.710
Modified: 2025-11-14T17:03:24.610
Link: CVE-2025-37955
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Updated: 2025-06-24T09:44:23Z
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