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virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.29, 6.14.7
CVEs
CVE-2025-37955
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 17:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

virtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 May 2025, 16:01 UTC

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

osv:CVE-2025-37955

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.29, 6.14.7

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "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",
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