{"id":"CVE-2025-38405","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity\n\nIf nvmet receives commands with metadata there is a continuous memory\nleak of kmalloc-128 slab or more precisely bio->bi_integrity.\n\nSince commit bf4c89fc8797 (\"block: don't call bio_uninit from bio_endio\")\neach user of bio_init has to use bio_uninit as well. Otherwise the bio\nintegrity is not getting free. Nvmet uses bio_init for inline bios.\n\nUninit the inline bio to complete deallocation of integrity in bio.","publishedAt":"2025-07-25T13:12:07.926Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-15T21:52:15.336Z","severity":{"score":7.5,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"Linux"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f","status":"affected","lessThan":"431e58d56fcb5ff1f9eb630724a922e0d2a941df","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f","status":"affected","lessThan":"2e2028fcf924d1c6df017033c8d6e28b735a0508","versionType":"git"},{"version":"bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f","status":"affected","lessThan":"190f4c2c863af7cc5bb354b70e0805f06419c038","versionType":"git"},{"version":"64149da0fddbbfe43e11c0348d8c8b4171dae3a2","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"6.10.10","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.11","versionType":"semver"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.11","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.11","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.37","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.15.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.16","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/target/nvmet.h"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/431e58d56fcb5ff1f9eb630724a922e0d2a941df","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2028fcf924d1c6df017033c8d6e28b735a0508","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/190f4c2c863af7cc5bb354b70e0805f06419c038"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:09:09.358Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38405.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-38405","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-07-25T13:12:07.926Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-15T21:52:15.336Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-04-16T04:51:24.012Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity\n\nIf nvmet receives commands with metadata there is a continuous memory\nleak of kmalloc-128 slab or more precisely bio->bi_integrity.\n\nSince commit bf4c89fc8797 (\"block: don't call bio_uninit from bio_endio\")\neach user of bio_init has to use bio_uninit as well. 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