gpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-48975
MEDIUM 5.5

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Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.24 % · centile 16 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: fix memory leak in gpiochip_setup_dev() Here is a backtrace report about memory leak detected in gpiochip_setup_dev(): unreferenced object 0xffff88810b406400 (size 512): comm "python3", pid 1682, jiffies 4295346908 (age 24.090s) backtrace: kmalloc_trace device_add device_private_init at drivers/base/core.c:3361 (inlined by) device_add at drivers/base/core.c:3411 cdev_device_add gpiolib_cdev_register gpiochip_setup_dev gpiochip_add_data_with_key gcdev_register() & gcdev_unregister() would call device_add() & device_del() (no matter CONFIG_GPIO_CDEV is enabled or not) to register/unregister device. However, if device_add() succeeds, some resource (like struct device_private allocated by device_private_init()) is not released by device_del(). Therefore, after device_add() succeeds by gcdev_register(), it needs to call put_device() to release resource in the error handle path. Here we move forward the register of release function, and let it release every piece of resource by put_device() instead of kfree(). While at it, fix another subtle issue, i.e. when gc->ngpio is equal to 0, we still call kcalloc() and, in case of further error, kfree() on the ZERO_PTR pointer, which is not NULL. It's not a bug per se, but rather waste of the resources and potentially wrong expectation about contents of the gdev->descs variable.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Mémoire non libérée après sa durée de vie utile

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 159f3cd92f17c61a4e2a47456de5865b114ef88e < 6daaa84b621485fe28c401be18debf92ae8ef04a ; affected 159f3cd92f17c61a4e2a47456de5865b114ef88e < 371363716398ed718e389bea8c5e9843a79dde4e ; affected 159f3cd92f17c61a4e2a47456de5865b114ef88e < ec851b23084b3a0af8bf0f5e51d33a8d678bdc49
Linux · Linuxaffected 4.6 ; unaffected 0 < 4.6 ; unaffected 5.15.83 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.0.13 ≤ 6.0.* ; unaffected 6.1 ≤ *

Sources

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