5.5

CVE-2023-53278

ubifs: Fix memory leak in ubifs_sysfs_init()

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

ubifs: Fix memory leak in ubifs_sysfs_init()

When insmod ubifs.ko, a kmemleak reported as below:

 unreferenced object 0xffff88817fb1a780 (size 8):
   comm "insmod", pid 25265, jiffies 4295239702 (age 100.130s)
   hex dump (first 8 bytes):
     75 62 69 66 73 00 ff ff                          ubifs...
   backtrace:
     [<ffffffff81b3fc4c>] slab_post_alloc_hook+0x9c/0x3c0
     [<ffffffff81b44bf3>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x183/0x410
     [<ffffffff8198d3da>] kstrdup+0x3a/0x80
     [<ffffffff8198d486>] kstrdup_const+0x66/0x80
     [<ffffffff83989325>] kvasprintf_const+0x155/0x190
     [<ffffffff83bf55bb>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x5b/0x150
     [<ffffffff83bf576b>] kobject_set_name+0xbb/0xf0
     [<ffffffff8100204c>] do_one_initcall+0x14c/0x5a0
     [<ffffffff8157e380>] do_init_module+0x1f0/0x660
     [<ffffffff815857be>] load_module+0x6d7e/0x7590
     [<ffffffff8158644f>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x19f/0x230
     [<ffffffff815866b3>] __x64_sys_finit_module+0x73/0xb0
     [<ffffffff88c98e85>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
     [<ffffffff88e00087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

When kset_register() failed, we should call kset_put to cleanup it.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 5.17 < 6.1.18
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.2.5
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CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.