High 7.5Published Jul 25, 2025

CVE-2025-38405nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:40 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity If nvmet receives commands with metadata there is a continuous memory leak of kmalloc-128 slab or more precisely bio->bi_integrity. Since commit bf4c89fc8797 ("block: don't call bio_uninit from bio_endio") each user of bio_init has to use bio_uninit as well. Otherwise the bio integrity is not getting free. Nvmet uses bio_init for inline bios. Uninit the inline bio to complete deallocation of integrity in bio.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f before 431e58d56fcb5ff1f9eb630724a922e0d2a941df; from bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f before 2e2028fcf924d1c6df017033c8d6e28b735a0508; from bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f before 190f4c2c863af7cc5bb354b70e0805f06419c038; 64149da0fddbbfe43e11c0348d8c8b4171dae3a2; from 6.10.10 before 6.11	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.10.10 before 6.12.37; from 6.13 before 6.15.6; 6.16; 6.16; 6.16; 6.16	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/431e58d56fcb5ff1f9eb630724a922e0d2a941df	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2028fcf924d1c6df017033c8d6e28b735a0508	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/190f4c2c863af7cc5bb354b70e0805f06419c038	patch

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