CVE-2023-53435
cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one()
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cassini: Fix a memory leak in the error handling path of cas_init_one() cas_saturn_firmware_init() allocates some memory using vmalloc(). This memory is freed in the .remove() function but not it the error handling path of the probe. Add the missing vfree() to avoid a memory leak, should an error occur.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
2.6.28
References 8
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/11c0ed097a874156957b515d0ba7e356142eab87
- stable/c/60d8e8b88087d68e10c8991a0f6733fa2f963ff0
- stable/c/e20105d967ab5b53ff50a0e5991fe37324d2ba20
- stable/c/dc61f7582cc92d547d02e141cd66f5d1f4ed8012
- stable/c/234e744d86bd95b381d24546df2dba72804e0219
- stable/c/172146c26f0c1b86ab4e9ebffc7e06f04229fa17
- stable/c/b8b1a667744741fa7807b09a12797a27f14f3fac
- stable/c/412cd77a2c24b191c65ea53025222418db09817c