Memory Leak Affecting linux-virt-doc package, versions <6.12.36-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LINUXVIRTDOC-14059078
  • published20 Nov 2025
  • disclosed4 Jul 2025

Introduced: 4 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-virt-doc package and not the linux-virt-doc 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:

media: imagination: fix a potential memory leak in e5010_probe()

Add video_device_release() to release the memory allocated by video_device_alloc() if something goes wrong.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1