The vulnerability of the raid10_make_request() function in the raid10 component of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the raid10makerequest function in the raid10 component of the Linux operating system is related to the lack of memory release after the effective lifespan of the function. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

CVE-2025-38444

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10makerequest If raid10readrequest or raid10writerequest registers a new request and the REQNOWAIT flag is set, the code does not free the malloc from the mempool. unreferenced object...

CVE-2025-38444

CVE-2025-38444 affects the Linux kernel raid10 path. When raid10_read_request or raid10_write_request registers a new request with REQ_NOWAIT, a malloc from the mempool may not be freed, causing a memory leak. Connected docs confirm concrete fix in raid10_make_request and related raid10 handling ...