# CVE-2024-25740: A memory leak flaw was found in the UBI driver in drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 for UBI\_IOCATT, because kobj-\>n

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-12 · Updated: 2025-05-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the UBI driver in drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 for UBI_IOCATT, because kobj->name is not released.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0171b6cc-95ee-3538-913b-65a391a446b3%40huawei.com/T/

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