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CVE-2025-23160
Linux Linux — media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0021 10.7 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux ac79a923365ae1e524398087cf16313cdbd7a144 – —
Linux 6.10 – 6.1.153
TIMELINE
Jan 11 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 23 ENRICHED — CVE-2025-23160 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: mediatek: vcodec: Fix a resource leak related to the scp device in FW initialization
On Mediatek devices with a system companion processor (SCP) the mtk_scp
structure has to be removed explicitly to avoid a resource leak.
Free the structure in case the allocation of the firmware structure fails
during the firmware initialization.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| January 11, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 23, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2025-23160 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | ac79a923365ae1e524398087cf16313cdbd7a144 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.10 | 6.1.153 |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-23160 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
