# CVE-2025-22071: spufs: fix a leak in spufs\_create\_context()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.25

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spufs: fix a leak in spufs_create_context() Leak fixes back in 2008 missed one case - if we are trying to set affinity and spufs_mkdir() fails, we need to drop the reference to neighbor.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/829bd6139968e2e759f3928cf65ad0db1e302fe3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/410c787d89c92df4215d7b1a338e2c1a8aba6b9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e72a0d75442237b6f3bcca10a7d81b89376d16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a333f223e555d27609f8b45d75a08e8e1d36c432
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239ea3c34673b3244a499fd65771c47e5bffcbb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d04600f43569d48262e1328eaa1592fcefa2c19c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a90b699844a5bb96961e5892e51cc59255444a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7448c83e117ed68597952ecaede1cebc4427a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5cce3fc55b08ee4da3372baccf4bcd36a98396

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