Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 16, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_pool_buddy_init error path
CVE-2025-39830
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_pool_buddy_init error path
In the error path of hws_pool_buddy_init(), the buddy allocator cleanup doesn't free the allocator structure itself, causing a memory leak.
Add the missing kfree() to properly release all allocated memory.
Affected products
3- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.12
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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