SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context The ctx->mech_used.data allocated by kmemdup is not freed in neither gss_import_v2_context nor it only caller gss_krb5_import_sec_context, which frees ctx on error. Thus, this patch reform the last call of gss_import_v2_context to the gss_krb5_import_ctx_v2, preventing the memleak while keepping the return formation.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: fix a memleak in gss_import_v2_context The ctx->mech_used.data allocated by kmemdup is not freed in neither gss_import_v2_context nor it only caller gss_krb5_import_sec_context, which frees ctx on error. Thus, this patch reform the last call of gss_import_v2_context to the gss_krb5_import_ctx_v2, preventing the memleak while keepping the return formation.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47ac11db93e74ac49cd6c3fc69bcbc5964c4a8b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99044c01ed5329e73651c054d8a4baacdbb1a27c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d111e30d9cd846bb368faf3637dc0f71fcbcf822
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e67b652d8e8591d3b1e569dbcdfcee15993e91fa
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/52xxx/CVE-2023-52653.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-52653