CVE-2025-38409
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drm/msm: Fix another leak in the submit error path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix another leak in the submit error path put_unused_fd() doesn't free the installed file, if we've already done fd_install(). So we need to also free the sync_file. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/653583/
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 25, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38409
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix another leak in the submit error path put_unused_fd() doesn't free the installed file, if we've already done fd_install(). So we need to also free the sync_file. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/653583/
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00b3401f692082ddf6342500d1be25560bba46d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d3819b0b9173e31b84d662a592af8bad351427
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f6ce8433a9035b0aa810e1f5b708e9dc1c367b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c40ad1c04d306f7fde26337fdcf8a5979657d93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f681c2aa8676a890eacc84044717ab0fd26e058f
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38409.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38409