{"id":"CVE-2025-23160","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization\n\nOn Mediatek devices with a system companion processor (SCP) the mtk_scp\nstr…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization\n\nOn Mediatek devices with a system companion processor (SCP) the mtk_scp\nstr…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-401"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.1.130, < 6.1.153","linux_kernel >= 6.6.36, < 6.6.88","linux_kernel >= 6.9.7, < 6.12.24","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.12","linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 6.14.3","debian_linux = 11.0"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.14.3"],"published":"2025-05-01","updated":"2026-08-23","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23160","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2540a81d5532829150b2e7cca977313b524066a9","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4936cd5817af35d23e4d283f48fa59a18ef481e4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69dd5bbdd79c65445bb17c3c53510783bc1d756c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f009fa823c54ca0857c81f7525ea5a5d32de29c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac94e1db4b2053059779472eb58a64d504964240","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beaefe8dbb261f36376bb533a89ed69ab38e6747","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6cb086aa52bd51378a4c9e2b25d2def97770205","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd7bb97ede487b9f075707b7408a9073e0d474b1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html","label":"0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00204,"epssPercentile":0.10634,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-23T13:48:04.485Z","slug":"CVE-2025-23160","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmedia: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization\n\nOn Mediatek devices with a system companion processor (SCP) the mtk_scp\nstructure has to be removed explicitly to avoid a resource leak.\nFree the structure in case the allocation of the firmware structure fails\nduring the firmware initialization.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.1.130, < 6.1.153`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.6.36, < 6.6.88`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.9.7, < 6.12.24`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.13.12`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.14, < 6.14.3`\n- `debian_linux = 11.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.14.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}