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CVE-2025-38409
drm/msm: Fix another leak in the submit error path
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix another leak in the submit error path put_unused_fd() doesn't free the installed file, if we've already done fd_install(). So we need to also free the sync_file. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/653583/
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00b3401f692082ddf6342500d1be25560bba46d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c40ad1c04d306f7fde26337fdcf8a5979657d93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f6ce8433a9035b0aa810e1f5b708e9dc1c367b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d3819b0b9173e31b84d662a592af8bad351427
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f681c2aa8676a890eacc84044717ab0fd26e058f
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0cf6c71d70d8aa39b8fd0e39c9009602a0e0d300, 3.12, 0, 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6, 6.16
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 25th, 2025
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
No vector data available
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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