{"cve":"CVE-2025-39830","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-16T14:15:51.183","modified":"2026-10-21T13:18:14.693","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: HWS, Fix memory leak in hws_pool_buddy_init error path\n\nIn the error path of hws_pool_buddy_init(), the buddy allocator cleanup\ndoesn't free the allocator structure itself, causing a memory leak.\n\nAdd the missing kfree() to properly release all allocated memory.","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/2c0a959bebdc1ada13cf9a8242f177c5400299e6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ccdbf50dd88a2a7399409e68887dd8077f6a562","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86d13a6f49cb68aa91bd718b1b627e72e77285c1"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39830","score":0.00187,"percentile":0.08236,"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."]}