GHSA-rwc9-h9mh-xfwqMediumCVSS 5.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: Fix memory...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add()
In unittest_data_add(), if of_resolve_phandles() fails, the allocated unittest_data is not freed, leading to a memory leak.
Fix this by using scope-based cleanup helper __free(kfree) for automatic resource cleanup. This ensures unittest_data is automatically freed when it goes out of scope in error paths.
For the success path, use retain_and_null_ptr() to transfer ownership of the memory to the device tree and prevent double freeing.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23137
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/235a1eb8d2dcc49a6cf0a5ee1aa85544a5d0054b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09b0f705bd7197863b90256ef533a6414d1db2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58baf98d1bdab897fd796f39a16061bade229d71
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rwc9-h9mh-xfwq