{"cve":"CVE-2025-37955","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-20T16:15:33.710","modified":"2026-06-17T09:15:46.190","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvirtio-net: free xsk_buffs on error in virtnet_xsk_pool_enable()\n\nThe selftests added to our CI by Bui Quang Minh recently reveals\nthat there is a mem leak on the error path of virtnet_xsk_pool_enable():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff88800a68a000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"xdp_helper\", pid 318, jiffies 4294692778\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    __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x402/0x570\n    virtnet_xsk_pool_enable+0x293/0x6a0 (drivers/net/virtio_net.c:5882)\n    xp_assign_dev+0x369/0x670 (net/xdp/xsk_buff_pool.c:226)\n    xsk_bind+0x6a5/0x1ae0\n    __sys_bind+0x15e/0x230\n    __x64_sys_bind+0x72/0xb0\n    do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0\n    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","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/4397684a292a71fbc1e815c3e283f7490ddce5ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94a6f6c204abb2b2dcd2ce287536cc924469cfb5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6917810bb4a5a32661fa941717399052b3f0d9"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:57.636215869+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37955","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08342,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}