CVE-2025-71147 KEYS: trusted: Fix a memory leak in tpm2_load_cmd

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the Linux kernel's trusted keys subsystem allows attackers to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2025-71147?

CVE-2025-71147 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 23 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

KEYS: trusted: Fix a memory leak in tpm2_load_cmd

'tpm2_load_cmd' allocates a tempoary blob indirectly via 'tpm2_key_decode' but it is not freed in the failure paths. Address this by wrapping the blob into with a cleanup helper.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71147?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-71147?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-71147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-75141, AZL-78422, BELL-CVE-2025-71147, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-71147, GHSA-h3p8-5p88-3qf2, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-71147 and 4 more.

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