# CVE-2024-27388: SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx\_dec\_option\_array

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: fix some memleaks in gssx_dec_option_array The creds and oa->data need to be freed in the error-handling paths after their allocation. So this patch add these deallocations in the corresponding paths.

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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b97c37978ca825557d331c9012e0c1ddc0e42364
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfa9d86d39a0fe4685f90c3529aa9bd62a9d97a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb336cd8d5ecb69c430ebe3e7bcff68471d93fa8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd292e884c649f9b1c18af0ec75ca90b390cd044
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/934212a623cbab851848b6de377eb476718c3e4c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e6013ae2c8d420faea553d363935f65badd32c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9806c2393cd2ab0a8e7bb9ffae02ce20e3112ec4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/996997d1fb2126feda550d6adcedcbd94911fc69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cfcfc102a5e57b021b786a755a38935e357797d

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