CVE-2025-38014
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper The idxd_cleanup() helper cleans up perfmon, interrupts, internals and so on. Refactor remove call with the idxd_cleanup() helper to avoid code duplication. Note, this also fixes the missing put_device() for idxd groups, enginces and wqs.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-06-18 10:15:32.927000
Last modified
2026-11-05 21:18:03.923000
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