CVE-2025-68235
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nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 16, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-68235
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bba02a39bfb383bd1a95868d532c0917e38f9e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6492add9a3a163d5e0390428d2636adc3e61b883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1977b4ae5c50e1aafc5c51500fc08bd7afd6a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949f1fd2225baefbea2995afa807dba5cbdb6bd3
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/68xxx/CVE-2025-68235.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68235