Vulnerability · Published Jul 25, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38405nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix memory leak of bio integrity If nvmet receives commands with metadata there is a continuous memory leak of kmalloc-128 slab or more precisely bio->bi_integrity. Since commit bf4c89fc8797 ("block: don't call bio_uninit from bio_endio") each user of bio_init has to use bio_uninit as well. Otherwise the bio integrity is not getting free. Nvmet uses bio_init for inline bios. Uninit the inline bio to complete deallocation of integrity in bio.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-headers6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra-matched6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:18134
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:18587
Debian:13linux6.12.37-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38405
Debian:14linux6.12.37-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-100.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1046.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.146.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1047.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1043.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1044.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-100.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38405

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f – before 431e58d56fcb5ff1f9eb630724a922e0d2a941dfbf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f – before 2e2028fcf924d1c6df017033c8d6e28b735a0508bf4c89fc8797f5c0964a0c3d561fbe7e8483b62f – before 190f4c2c863af7cc5bb354b70e0805f06419c03864149da0fddbbfe43e11c0348d8c8b4171dae3a26.10.10 – before 6.11
Linux Linux 6.11

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