{"cve":"CVE-2025-22005","nvd":{"published":"2025-04-03T08:15:16.087","modified":"2026-10-15T02:17:43.217","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipv6: Fix memleak of nhc_pcpu_rth_output in fib_check_nh_v6_gw().\n\nfib_check_nh_v6_gw() expects that fib6_nh_init() cleans up everything\nwhen it fails.\n\nCommit 7dd73168e273 (\"ipv6: Always allocate pcpu memory in a fib6_nh\")\nmoved fib_nh_common_init() before alloc_percpu_gfp() within fib6_nh_init()\nbut forgot to add cleanup for fib6_nh->nh_common.nhc_pcpu_rth_output in\ncase it fails to allocate fib6_nh->rt6i_pcpu, resulting in memleak.\n\nLet's call fib_nh_common_release() and clear nhc_pcpu_rth_output in the\nerror path.\n\nNote that we can remove the fib6_nh_release() call in nh_create_ipv6()\nlater in net-next.git.","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/119dcafe36795a15ae53351cbbd6177aaf94ffef","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16267a5036173d0173377545b4b6021b081d0933","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd12dfc058e1e68759d313d7727d68dbc1b8964","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29d91820184d5cbc70f3246d4911d96eaeb930d6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/596a883c4ce2d2e9c175f25b98fed3a1f33fea38"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:00:57.946988208+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-22005","score":0.00215,"percentile":0.11744,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}