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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39847

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39847 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb If alloc_skb() fails in pad_compress_skb(), it returns NULL without releasing the old skb. The caller does: skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb); if (!skb) goto drop; drop: kfree_skb(skb); When pad_compress_skb() returns NULL, the reference to the old skb is lost and kfree_skb(skb) ends up doing nothing, leading to a memory leak. Align pad_compress_skb() semantics with realloc(): only free the old skb if allocation and compression succeed. At the call site, use the new_skb variable so the original skb is not lost when pad_compress_skb() fails.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13linux*, 0, 6.12.38-1
Debian:14linux6.13.8-1~exp1, 6.13.9-1~exp1, 6.13~rc6-1~exp1
Debian:12linux6.1.69-1, 6.1.106-2, 6.1.106-3
Debian:11linux-6.10, 6.1.106-3~deb11u1, 6.1.106-3~deb11u2
Debian:11linux5.10.218-1, 5.10.221-1, 5.10.223-1

Timeline

  • Sep 19, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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