CVE-2025-38549

{"id": "CVE-2025-38549", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-08-16T12:15:31.003", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64e135f1eaba0bbb0cdee859af3328c68d5b9789", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/816d36973467d1c9c08a48bdffe4675e219a2e84", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9fabe7036bb8be6071f39dc38605508f5f57b20", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nefivarfs: Fix memory leak of efivarfs_fs_info in fs_context error paths\n\nWhen processing mount options, efivarfs allocates efivarfs_fs_info (sfi)\nearly in fs_context initialization. However, sfi is associated with the\nsuperblock and typically freed when the superblock is destroyed. If the\nfs_context is released (final put) before fill_super is called\u2014such as\non error paths or during reconfiguration\u2014the sfi structure would leak,\nas ownership never transfers to the superblock.\n\nImplement the .free callback in efivarfs_context_ops to ensure any\nallocated sfi is properly freed if the fs_context is torn down before\nfill_super, preventing this memory leak."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: efivarfs: corrige la p\u00e9rdida de memoria de efivarfs_fs_info en las rutas de error de fs_context Al procesar las opciones de montaje, efivarfs asigna efivarfs_fs_info (sfi) al principio de la inicializaci\u00f3n de fs_context. Sin embargo, sfi est\u00e1 asociado al superbloque y normalmente se libera cuando este se destruye. Si se libera fs_context (posici\u00f3n final) antes de llamar a fill_super (como en rutas de error o durante la reconfiguraci\u00f3n), la estructura sfi se filtrar\u00eda, ya que la propiedad nunca se transfiere al superbloque. Implementa la devoluci\u00f3n de llamada .free en efivarfs_context_ops para garantizar que cualquier sfi asignado se libere correctamente si fs_context se derriba antes que fill_super, lo que previene esta p\u00e9rdida de memoria."}], "lastModified": "2025-08-18T20:16:28.750", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}