CVE-2025-68787netrom: Fix memory leak in nr_sendmsg()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.23%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 86% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netrom: Fix memory leak in nr_sendmsg() syzbot reported a memory leak [1]. When function sock_alloc_send_skb() return NULL in nr_output(), the original skb is not freed, which was allocated in nr_sendmsg(). Fix this by freeing it before return. [1] BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888129f35500 (size 240): comm "syz.0.17", pid 6119, jiffies 4294944652 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 52 28 81 88 ff ff ..........R(.... backtrace (crc 1456a3e4): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4983 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:5288 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x36f/0x5e0 mm/slub.c:5340 __alloc_skb+0x203/0x240 net/core/skbuff.c:660 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1383 [inline] alloc_skb_with_frags+0x69/0x3f0 net/core/skbuff.c:6671 sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x379/0x3e0 net/core/sock.c:2965 sock_alloc_send_skb include/net/sock.h:1859 [inline] nr_sendmsg+0x287/0x450 net/netrom/af_netrom.c:1105 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:727 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:742 [inline] sock_write_iter+0x293/0x2a0 net/socket.c:1195 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0x45d/0x710 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write+0x143/0x170 fs/read_write.c:738 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xa4/0xfa0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Timeline
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- 20 days later
· 20 days later
Published
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Deferred.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < f77e538ac4e3adb1882d5bccb7bfdc111b5963d3
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 09efbf54eeaecebe882af603c9939a4b1bb9567e
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 73839497bbde5cd4fd02bbd9c8bc2640780ae65d
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 156a0f6341dce634a825db49ca20b48b1ae9bcc1
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 8d1ccba4b171cd504ecfa47349cb9864fc9d687c
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 51f5fbc1681bdcffcc7d18bf3dfdb2b1278d3977
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 613d12dd794e078be8ff3cf6b62a6b9acf7f4619
- affected 2.6.12
- unaffected < 2.6.12
- unaffected 5.10.248 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.198 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.160 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.120 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.64 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.3 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 6.19 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f77e538ac4e3adb1882d5bccb7bfdc111b5963d3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09efbf54eeaecebe882af603c9939a4b1bb9567e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73839497bbde5cd4fd02bbd9c8bc2640780ae65d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/156a0f6341dce634a825db49ca20b48b1ae9bcc1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d1ccba4b171cd504ecfa47349cb9864fc9d687c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51f5fbc1681bdcffcc7d18bf3dfdb2b1278d3977 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/613d12dd794e078be8ff3cf6b62a6b9acf7f4619 (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-2328 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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