{"cve":"CVE-2025-40017","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-20T16:15:38.510","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: iris: Fix memory leak by freeing untracked persist buffer\n\nOne internal buffer which is allocated only once per session was not\nbeing freed during session close because it was not being tracked as\npart of internal buffer list which resulted in a memory leak.\n\nAdd the necessary logic to explicitly free the untracked internal buffer\nduring session close to ensure all allocated memory is released\nproperly.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02a24f13b3a1d9da9f3de56aa5fdb7cc1fe167a2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e024e907cafafd6b094f69a0d0f5d18fd28876","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec2f87ad035e8d1ad67567542842f1f23a4dbde2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40017","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14281,"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."]}