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CVE-2025-68235nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:23 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it. This causes a kmemleak warning. Make sure this data is deallocated.

CVSS: Not yet scored
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: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	2541626cfb794e57ba0575a6920826f591f7ced0 builds before 7d1977b4ae5c50e1aafc5c51500fc08bd7afd6a0; 2541626cfb794e57ba0575a6920826f591f7ced0 builds before 6492add9a3a163d5e0390428d2636adc3e61b883; 2541626cfb794e57ba0575a6920826f591f7ced0 builds before 2bba02a39bfb383bd1a95868d532c0917e38f9e7; 2541626cfb794e57ba0575a6920826f591f7ced0 builds before 949f1fd2225baefbea2995afa807dba5cbdb6bd3	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1977b4ae5c50e1aafc5c51500fc08bd7afd6a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6492add9a3a163d5e0390428d2636adc3e61b883
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bba02a39bfb383bd1a95868d532c0917e38f9e7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949f1fd2225baefbea2995afa807dba5cbdb6bd3

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