{"cve":"CVE-2025-21981","nvd":{"published":"2025-04-01T16:15:29.503","modified":"2026-06-17T08:44:45.883","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: fix memory leak in aRFS after reset\n\nFix aRFS (accelerated Receive Flow Steering) structures memory leak by\nadding a checker to verify if aRFS memory is already allocated while\nconfiguring VSI. aRFS objects are allocated in two cases:\n- as part of VSI initialization (at probe), and\n- as part of reset handling\n\nHowever, VSI reconfiguration executed during reset involves memory\nallocation one more time, without prior releasing already allocated\nresources. This led to the memory leak with the following signature:\n\n[root@os-delivery ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\nunreferenced object 0xff3c1ca7252e6000 (size 8192):\n  comm \"kworker/0:0\", pid 8, jiffies 4296833052\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace (crc 0):\n    [<ffffffff991ec485>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x275/0x340\n    [<ffffffffc0a6e06a>] ice_init_arfs+0x3a/0xe0 [ice]\n    [<ffffffffc09f1027>] ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x607/0x850 [ice]\n    [<ffffffffc09f244b>] ice_vsi_setup+0x5b/0x130 [ice]\n    [<ffffffffc09c2131>] ice_init+0x1c1/0x460 [ice]\n    [<ffffffffc09c64af>] ice_probe+0x2af/0x520 [ice]\n    [<ffffffff994fbcd3>] local_pci_probe+0x43/0xa0\n    [<ffffffff98f07103>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x13/0x20\n    [<ffffffff98f0b6d9>] process_one_work+0x179/0x390\n    [<ffffffff98f0c1e9>] worker_thread+0x239/0x340\n    [<ffffffff98f14abc>] kthread+0xcc/0x100\n    [<ffffffff98e45a6d>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50\n    [<ffffffff98e083ba>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n    ...","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23d97f18901ef5e4e264e3b1777fe65c760186b5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b27e6e10a32589fcd293b8933ab6de9387a460e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d30d256661fc11b6e73fac6c3783a702e1006a3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78f3d64b30210c0e521c59357431aca14024cb79","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6902101f34f098af59b0d1d8cf90c4124c02c6a"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:57.946988208+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-21981","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09636,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}