Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-37764

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/imagination: fix firmware memory leaks Free the memory used to hold the results of firmware image processing when the module is unloaded. Fix the related issue of the same memory being leaked if processing of the firmware image fails during module load. Ensure all firmware GEM objects are destroyed if firmware image processing fails. Fixes memory leaks on powervr module unload detected by Kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff000042e20000 (size 94208): comm "modprobe", pid 470, jiffies 4295277154 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 02 ae 7f ed bf 45 84 00 3c 5b 1f ed 9f 45 45 05 .....E..<[...EE. d5 4f 5d 14 6c 00 3d 23 30 d0 3a 4a 66 0e 48 c8 .O].l.=#0.:Jf.H. backtrace (crc dd329dec): kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40 ___kmalloc_large_node+0x140/0x188 __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x2c/0x13c __kmalloc_noprof+0x48/0x4c0 pvr_fw_init+0xaa4/0x1f50 [powervr] unreferenced object 0xffff000042d20000 (size 20480): comm "modprobe", pid 470, jiffies 4295277154 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 395b02e3): kmemleak_alloc+0x30/0x40 ___kmalloc_large_node+0x140/0x188 __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x2c/0x13c __kmalloc_noprof+0x48/0x4c0 pvr_fw_init+0xb0c/0x1f50 [powervr]

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-37764: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions cc1aeedb98ad347c06ff59e991b2f94dfb4c565d, 6.8, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-37764?
CVE-2025-37764 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2025-37764?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.