Memory Leak Affecting kernel-livepatch-6.1.153-175.280 package, versions <1:1.0-0.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELLIVEPATCH61153175280-13170647
  • published1 Oct 2025
  • disclosed1 May 2025

Introduced: 1 May 2025

CVE-2025-23160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.153-175.280 to version 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1210.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6.1.153-175.280 package and not the kernel-livepatch-6.1.153-175.280 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization

On Mediatek devices with a system companion processor (SCP) the mtk_scp structure has to be removed explicitly to avoid a resource leak. Free the structure in case the allocation of the firmware structure fails during the firmware initialization.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1