CVE-2025-38612

NameCVE-2025-38612
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() In the error paths after fb_info structure is successfully allocated, the memory allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() for info->pagerefs is not freed. Fix that by adding the cleanup function on the error path.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1vulnerable
bullseye (security)5.10.237-1vulnerable
bookworm6.1.148-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.147-1vulnerable
trixie6.12.43-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.41-1vulnerable
forky, sid6.16.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcebookworm6.1.148-1
linuxsourcetrixie6.12.43-1
linuxsource(unstable)6.16.3-1

Notes

https://git.kernel.org/linus/eb2cb7dab60f9be0b435ac4a674255429a36d72c (6.17-rc1)

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