CVE-2025-37983

low-risk
Published 2025-05-20

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qibfs: fix _another_ leak failure to allocate inode => leaked dentry... this one had been there since the initial merge; to be fair, if we are that far OOM, the odds of failing at that particular allocation are low...

Do I need to act?

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0.05% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Debian Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24faa6ea274a2b96d0a78a0996c3137c2b2a65f0
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c2fde33e3e505dfd1a895d1f24bad650c655e14
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ab2caba495c1d6a899d284e541a8df656dcfe9
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/545defa656568c74590317cd30068f85134a8216
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d53e88d8370b9ab14dd830abb410d9a2671edb6
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e280cce3a29b7fe7b828c6ccd5aa5ba87ceb6b6
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe708c5e3c8b2152c6caaa67243e431a5d6cca3
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb43af4fdb39f844ede401bdb1258f67a580a27
Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
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/ 100
low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 7/34 · Low