Double Free Affecting linux-virt package, versions <6.12.36-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRT-14059025
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025

Introduced: 10 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38341  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest linux-virt to version 6.12.36-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt package and not the linux-virt package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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

eth: fbnic: avoid double free when failing to DMA-map FW msg

The semantics are that caller of fbnic_mbx_map_msg() retains the ownership of the message on error. All existing callers dutifully free the page.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1