Memory Leak
The latest Memory Leak coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Azure Linux Kernel Patch Fixes Memory Leak That Could Crash Hosts
Microsoft has patched a kernel memory leak in Azure Linux that could allow a local attacker to exhaust system memory and crash the host. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-38258, was disclosed on...
CVE-2025-21981 threatens Linux systems with Intel NICs, posing DoS risk through gradual memory exhaustion.
A critical memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ICE (Intel® Ethernet Controller) driver has been disclosed as CVE-2025-21981, posing a significant denial-of-service risk to systems...
Microsoft Patches Azure Linux Kernel Against Memory Leak (CVE-2024-44971)
Microsoft has released a security update for its Azure Linux distribution to fix a kernel memory leak that could degrade system availability over time. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-44971, resides in...
Glibc CVE-2023-5156: Critical Memory Leak in getaddrinfo Threatens Linux & WSL Systems
A critical vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc), designated CVE-2023-5156, has exposed countless Linux systems and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installations to potential denial-of-service...
CVE-2025-37982: Linux wl1251 Driver Memory Leak Explained & Windows Security Implications
A recently disclosed vulnerability in the Linux kernel has security professionals examining not just open-source systems, but also the broader ecosystem of device drivers and embedded components that...
Linux kernel CVE-2025-68289: USB gadget EEM flaw risks resource exhaustion
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68289, reveals a subtle but operationally significant memory leak in the USB gadget subsystem's Ethernet Emulation Model (EEM)...
Linux Kernel Memory Leak in SMB Client Patched — Are Your Servers Affected?
A memory leak lurking in the Linux kernel’s SMB/CIFS client could slowly starve your servers of memory if they mount Windows shares using multiuser credentials — but a fix is here. Tracked as...
CVE-2025-68744: eBPF Kernel Memory Leak Fix and Security Implications
A critical kernel-level vulnerability affecting Linux systems has been addressed with the recent patch for CVE-2025-68744, which fixes a subtle but significant memory leak in eBPF's percpu hash and...
Azure Linux Hit by Kernel Memory Leak in PTP Timestamping — Patch Released
Microsoft has published a security advisory for a kernel memory leak that can silently drain system memory on Azure Linux systems utilizing Precision Time Protocol (PTP) one-step hardware...
Windows 11 DoSvc Memory Leak: How Delivery Optimization Drains RAM in 24H2/25H2
Windows 11's Delivery Optimization service (DoSvc) has emerged as a significant culprit behind persistent memory growth and RAM consumption issues affecting systems running versions 24H2 and 25H2....
CVE-2025-68235: Critical Nouveau Driver Memory Leak Patched in Linux Kernel
A significant security vulnerability in the Nouveau open-source NVIDIA graphics driver has been addressed with the assignment of CVE-2025-68235, patching a subtle but persistent memory leak in the...
Linux SMB Client Memory Leak (CVE-2025-68219) Patched – What Windows and Linux Admins Need to Know
A memory leak in the Linux kernel’s CIFS/SMB client, tracked as CVE-2025-68219, was patched upstream on December 16, 2025. The fix closes a gap where kernel memory could be slowly wasted every time...