Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 1, 2025· Updated May 12, 2026

CVE-2025-23160

Description

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.

Affected products

Linux/Linuxv5
Range: 6.10

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.htmlnvd

News mentions

Siemens SIMATIC
CISA Alerts

Severity

MediumCVSS v3.1

5.5/ 10

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

0.13%

VYPR risk score

Composite of severity, exploitation, and reach.

0.36medium

cvss	0.358
epss	0.000
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

Weaknesses

CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE ID

CVE-2025-23160