CVE-2025-38612 – Linux Kernel Fbtft Framebuffer Memory Leak Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-38612 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received
    by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 19, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc()

    In the error paths after fb_info structure is successfully allocated,
    the memory allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() for info->pagerefs is not
    freed. Fix that by adding the cleanup function on the error path.

    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47b3d6e8921bbb7b65c2dab8eaa8864901848c1c
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6771f121ae87490ddc19eabb7450383af9e01b6d
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f9e2cf9e9c1a891a683329af35bb33ed9d38b5f
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3177955f8da3c826a18b75e54881e2e9a9c96f1
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b31cf6f7716a5d3e4461763f32d812acdaec6e74
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb2cb7dab60f9be0b435ac4a674255429a36d72c
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