ima: Fix potential memory leak in ima_init_crypto() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2022-49627
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 19 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix potential memory leak in ima_init_crypto() On failure to allocate the SHA1 tfm, IMA fails to initialize and exits without freeing the ima_algo_array. Add the missing kfree() for ima_algo_array to avoid the potential memory leak.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCISA-ADP
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)
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d < c1d9702ceb4a091da6bee380627596d1fba09274 ; affected 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d < 601ae26aa2802a4c10c94d7388a99eabdbefab2b ; affected 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d < 830de9667b3ada0a75a3f098dfc7159709fe397b ; affected 6d94809af6b0830c4dfcad661535a5939bcb8a7d < 067d2521874135267e681c19d42761c601d503d6
Linux · Linuxaffected 5.8 ; unaffected 0 < 5.8 ; unaffected 5.10.132 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.56 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 5.18.13 ≤ 5.18.* ; unaffected 5.19 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD