CVE-2025-68247
posix-timers: Plug potential memory leak in do_timer_create()
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: posix-timers: Plug potential memory leak in do_timer_create() When posix timer creation is set to allocate a given timer ID and the access to the user space value faults, the function terminates without freeing the already allocated posix timer structure. Move the allocation after the user space access to cure that. [ tglx: Massaged change log ]
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
ec2d0c04624b3c8a7eb1682e006717fa20cfbe24 < f417f44524e7fc098e787c718d838b32723c0b2d ec2d0c04624b3c8a7eb1682e006717fa20cfbe24 < e0fd4d42e27f761e9cc82801b3f183e658dc749d
Linux / Linux
6.15