---
id: CVE-2025-68235
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot

  nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot

  nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it. This causes a
  kmemleak warning.

  Make sure this d…
severity: none
published: '2025-12-16'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T13:10:00.187'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68235'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bba02a39bfb383bd1a95868d532c0917e38f9e7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6492add9a3a163d5e0390428d2636adc3e61b883'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1977b4ae5c50e1aafc5c51500fc08bd7afd6a0'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/949f1fd2225baefbea2995afa807dba5cbdb6bd3'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00186
epssPercentile: 0.07597
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T13:30:58.462Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nouveau/firmware: Add missing kfree() of nvkm_falcon_fw::boot

nvkm_falcon_fw::boot is allocated, but no one frees it. This causes a
kmemleak warning.

Make sure this data is deallocated.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.