In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix memory leak in aRFS after reset
Fix aRFS (accelerated Receive Flow Steering) structures memory leak by
adding a checker to verify if aRFS memory is already allocated while
configuring VSI. aRFS objects are allocated in two cases:
- as part of VSI initialization (at probe), and
- as part of reset handling
However, VSI reconfiguration executed during reset involves memory
allocation one more time, without prior releasing already allocated
resources. This led to the memory leak with the following signature:
[root@os-delivery ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
unreferenced object 0xff3c1ca7252e6000 (size 8192):
comm "kworker/0:0", pid 8, jiffies 4296833052
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 0):
[<ffffffff991ec485>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x275/0x340
[<ffffffffc0a6e06a>] ice_init_arfs+0x3a/0xe0 [ice]
[<ffffffffc09f1027>] ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x607/0x850 [ice]
[<ffffffffc09f244b>] ice_vsi_setup+0x5b/0x130 [ice]
[<ffffffffc09c2131>] ice_init+0x1c1/0x460 [ice]
[<ffffffffc09c64af>] ice_probe+0x2af/0x520 [ice]
[<ffffffff994fbcd3>] local_pci_probe+0x43/0xa0
[<ffffffff98f07103>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x13/0x20
[<ffffffff98f0b6d9>] process_one_work+0x179/0x390
[<ffffffff98f0c1e9>] worker_thread+0x239/0x340
[<ffffffff98f14abc>] kthread+0xcc/0x100
[<ffffffff98e45a6d>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50
[<ffffffff98e083ba>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.14:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix memory leak in aRFS after reset Fix aRFS (accelerated Receive Flow Steering) structures memory leak by adding a checker to verify if aRFS memory is already allocated while configuring VSI. aRFS objects are allocated in two cases: - as part of VSI initialization (at probe), and - as part of reset handling However, VSI reconfiguration executed during reset involves memory allocation one more time, without prior releasing already allocated resources. This led to the memory leak with the following signature: [root@os-delivery ~]# cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak unreferenced object 0xff3c1ca7252e6000 (size 8192): comm "kworker/0:0", pid 8, jiffies 4296833052 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 0): [<ffffffff991ec485>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x275/0x340 [<ffffffffc0a6e06a>] ice_init_arfs+0x3a/0xe0 [ice] [<ffffffffc09f1027>] ice_vsi_cfg_def+0x607/0x850 [ice] [<ffffffffc09f244b>] ice_vsi_setup+0x5b/0x130 [ice] [<ffffffffc09c2131>] ice_init+0x1c1/0x460 [ice] [<ffffffffc09c64af>] ice_probe+0x2af/0x520 [ice] [<ffffffff994fbcd3>] local_pci_probe+0x43/0xa0 [<ffffffff98f07103>] work_for_cpu_fn+0x13/0x20 [<ffffffff98f0b6d9>] process_one_work+0x179/0x390 [<ffffffff98f0c1e9>] worker_thread+0x239/0x340 [<ffffffff98f14abc>] kthread+0xcc/0x100 [<ffffffff98e45a6d>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 [<ffffffff98e083ba>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 ... | |
| Title | ice: fix memory leak in aRFS after reset | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-04-01T15:47:09.744Z
Updated: 2025-10-01T17:14:55.624Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.799Z
Link: CVE-2025-21981
Vulnrichment
Updated: 2025-10-01T14:38:50.842Z
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2025-04-01T16:15:29.503
Modified: 2025-10-01T18:15:41.347
Link: CVE-2025-21981
Redhat