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nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it. This causes a kmemleak warning. Make sure this data is deallocated.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.12.60, 6.17.10, 6.6.118
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-68235
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 02:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 16 Dec 2025, 14:08 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it. This causes a kmemleak warning. Make sure this data is deallocated.
osv:CVE-2025-68235
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.6.118, 6.12.60, 6.17.10
Complete source record
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