5.5

CVE-2026-45870

SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths

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

SUNRPC: auth_gss: fix memory leaks in XDR decoding error paths

The gssx_dec_ctx(), gssx_dec_status(), and gssx_dec_name()
functions allocate memory via gssx_dec_buffer(), which calls
kmemdup(). When a subsequent decode operation fails, these
functions return immediately without freeing previously
allocated buffers, causing memory leaks.

The leak in gssx_dec_ctx() is particularly relevant because
the caller (gssp_accept_sec_context_upcall) initializes several
buffer length fields to non-zero values, resulting in memory
allocation:

    struct gssx_ctx rctxh = {
        .exported_context_token.len = GSSX_max_output_handle_sz,
        .mech.len = GSS_OID_MAX_LEN,
        .src_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz,
        .targ_name.display_name.len = GSSX_max_princ_sz
    };

If, for example, gssx_dec_name() succeeds for src_name but
fails for targ_name, the memory allocated for
exported_context_token, mech, and src_name.display_name
remains unreferenced and cannot be reclaimed.

Add error handling with goto-based cleanup to free any
previously allocated buffers before returning an error.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 3.10 < 5.10.252
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.202
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.165
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.128
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.75
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.18.14
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.19 < 6.19.4
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.16% 0.056
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
CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81431b1b9fbd21e9a5a9211b5517b7295d18e6a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caf7eff432e91a9eba1c79fa545c2f54be15d62b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64303b92d94c0c7845a273acd8d84b796d6f1db7
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df10f23defff22c8d55fe6db74f6e4ce927145bf
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4af3806846778799cd4ab0766dc18341e777264
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d79b9097a6a2b91471b40755f1225364be5d85ff
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b56eb90feb8a3709417f5624f3871847d42bcb1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e6397b056335cc56ef0e9da36c95946a19f5118
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