Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath10k: Fix memory leak in management tx In the current logic, memory is allocated for storing the MSDU context during management packet TX but this memory is not being freed during management TX completion. Similar leaks are seen in the management TX cleanup logic. Kmemleak reports this problem as below, unreferenced object 0xffffff80b64ed250 (size 16): comm "kworker/u16:7", pid 148, jiffies 4294687130 (age 714.199s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 00 2b d8 d8 80 ff ff ff c4 74 e9 fd 07 00 00 00 .+.......t...... backtrace: [<ffffffe6e7b245dc>] __kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1e4/0x2d8 [<ffffffe6e7adde88>] kmalloc_trace+0x48/0x110 [<ffffffe6bbd765fc>] ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_gen_mgmt_tx_send+0xd4/0x1d8 [ath10k_core] [<ffffffe6bbd3eed4>] ath10k_mgmt_over_wmi_tx_work+0x134/0x298 [ath10k_core] [<ffffffe6e78d5974>] process_scheduled_works+0x1ac/0x400 [<ffffffe6e78d60b8>] worker_thread+0x208/0x328 [<ffffffe6e78dc890>] kthread+0x100/0x1c0 [<ffffffe6e78166c0>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Free the memory during completion and cleanup to fix the leak. Protect the mgmt_pending_tx idr_remove() operation in ath10k_wmi_tlv_op_cleanup_mgmt_tx_send() using ar->data_lock similar to other instances. Tested-on: WCN3990 hw1.0 SNOC WLAN.HL.2.0-01387-QCAHLSWMTPLZ-1Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table() modprobe iio-test-gts and rmmod it, then the following memory leak occurs: unreferenced object 0xffffff80c810be00 (size 64): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1654, jiffies 4294913981 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 02 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 ........ ...@... 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 08 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc a63d875e): [<0000000028c1b3c2>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<000000001d6ecc87>] __kmalloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x3c0 [<00000000393795c1>] devm_iio_init_iio_gts+0x4b4/0x16f4 [<0000000071bb4b09>] 0xffffffdf052a62e0 [<000000000315bc18>] 0xffffffdf052a6488 [<00000000f9dc55b5>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<00000000175a3fd4>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000f505065d>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000bbfb0e5d>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 unreferenced object 0xffffff80cbfe9e70 (size 16): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1658, jiffies 4294914015 hex dump (first 16 bytes): 10 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....@........... backtrace (crc 857f0cb4): [<0000000028c1b3c2>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<000000001d6ecc87>] __kmalloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x3c0 [<00000000393795c1>] devm_iio_init_iio_gts+0x4b4/0x16f4 [<0000000071bb4b09>] 0xffffffdf052a62e0 [<000000007d089d45>] 0xffffffdf052a6864 [<00000000f9dc55b5>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<00000000175a3fd4>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000f505065d>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000bbfb0e5d>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ...... It includes 5*5 times "size 64" memory leaks, which correspond to 5 times test_init_iio_gain_scale() calls with gts_test_gains size 10 (10*size(int)) and gts_test_itimes size 5. It also includes 5*1 times "size 16" memory leak, which correspond to one time __test_init_iio_gain_scale() call with gts_test_gains_gain_low size 3 (3*size(int)) and gts_test_itimes size 5. The reason is that the per_time_gains[i] is not freed which is allocated in the "gts->num_itime" for loop in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table().Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/connector: hdmi: Fix memory leak in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() modprobe drm_connector_test and then rmmod drm_connector_test, the following memory leak occurs. The `mode` allocated in drm_mode_duplicate() called by drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() is not freed, which cause the memory leak: unreferenced object 0xffffff80cb0ee400 (size 128): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1948, jiffies 4294950339 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 14 44 02 00 80 07 d8 07 04 08 98 08 00 00 38 04 .D............8. 3c 04 41 04 65 04 00 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 <.A.e........... backtrace (crc 90e9585c): [<00000000ec42e3d7>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<00000000d0ef055a>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<00000000c2062161>] drm_mode_duplicate+0x44/0x19c [<00000000f96c74aa>] drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic+0x88/0x98 [<00000000d8f2c8b4>] 0xffffffdc982a4868 [<000000005d164dbc>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<000000006fb23398>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<000000006ea56ca0>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<000000000676063f>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ...... Free `mode` by using drm_kunit_display_mode_from_cea_vic() to fix it.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: hdmi: Fix memory leaks in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() modprobe drm_hdmi_state_helper_test and then rmmod it, the following memory leak occurs. The `mode` allocated in drm_mode_duplicate() called by drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() is not freed, which cause the memory leak: unreferenced object 0xffffff80ccd18100 (size 128): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1851, jiffies 4295059695 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 57 62 00 00 80 02 90 02 f0 02 20 03 00 00 e0 01 Wb........ ..... ea 01 ec 01 0d 02 00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc c2f1aa95): [<000000000f10b11b>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<000000001cd4cf73>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<00000000f1f3cffa>] drm_mode_duplicate+0x44/0x19c [<000000008cbeef13>] drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic+0x88/0x98 [<0000000019daaacf>] 0xffffffedc11ae69c [<000000000aad0f85>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<00000000a9210bac>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<000000000a0b2e9e>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000bd668858>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 ...... Free `mode` by using drm_kunit_display_mode_from_cea_vic() to fix it.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib: alloc_tag_module_unload must wait for pending kfree_rcu calls Ben Greear reports following splat: ------------[ cut here ]------------ net/netfilter/nf_nat_core.c:1114 module nf_nat func:nf_nat_register_fn has 256 allocated at module unload WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 10421 at lib/alloc_tag.c:168 alloc_tag_module_unload+0x22b/0x3f0 Modules linked in: nf_nat(-) btrfs ufs qnx4 hfsplus hfs minix vfat msdos fat ... Hardware name: Default string Default string/SKYBAY, BIOS 5.12 08/04/2020 RIP: 0010:alloc_tag_module_unload+0x22b/0x3f0 codetag_unload_module+0x19b/0x2a0 ? codetag_load_module+0x80/0x80 nf_nat module exit calls kfree_rcu on those addresses, but the free operation is likely still pending by the time alloc_tag checks for leaks. Wait for outstanding kfree_rcu operations to complete before checking resolves this warning. Reproducer: unshare -n iptables-nft -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp grep nf_nat /proc/allocinfo # will list 4 allocations rmmod nft_chain_nat rmmod nf_nat # will WARN. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: add comment]Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: intel: platform: fix error path in device_for_each_child_node() The device_for_each_child_node() loop requires calls to fwnode_handle_put() upon early returns to decrement the refcount of the child node and avoid leaking memory if that error path is triggered. There is one early returns within that loop in intel_platform_pinctrl_prepare_community(), but fwnode_handle_put() is missing. Instead of adding the missing call, the scoped version of the loop can be used to simplify the code and avoid mistakes in the future if new early returns are added, as the child node is only used for parsing, and it is never assigned.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix memleak in ice_init_tx_topology() Fix leak of the FW blob (DDP pkg). Make ice_cfg_tx_topo() const-correct, so ice_init_tx_topology() can avoid copying whole FW blob. Copy just the topology section, and only when needed. Reuse the buffer allocated for the read of the current topology. This was found by kmemleak, with the following trace for each PF: [<ffffffff8761044d>] kmemdup_noprof+0x1d/0x50 [<ffffffffc0a0a480>] ice_init_ddp_config+0x100/0x220 [ice] [<ffffffffc0a0da7f>] ice_init_dev+0x6f/0x200 [ice] [<ffffffffc0a0dc49>] ice_init+0x29/0x560 [ice] [<ffffffffc0a10c1d>] ice_probe+0x21d/0x310 [ice] Constify ice_cfg_tx_topo() @buf parameter. This cascades further down to few more functions.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a possible memory leak In bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx() when bnxt_qplib_map_db_bar() fails driver is not freeing the memory allocated for "rdev->chip_ctx".Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit() The bcm_sysport_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of dma_map_single() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmasp: fix potential memory leak in bcmasp_xmit() The bcmasp_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of mapping fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet() The sun3_82586_send_packet() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of skb->len being too long, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit() The be_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of be_xmit_enqueue() fails, add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Preserve param->string when parsing mount options In bpf_parse_param(), keep the value of param->string intact so it can be freed later. Otherwise, the kmalloc area pointed to by param->string will be leaked as shown below: unreferenced object 0xffff888118c46d20 (size 8): comm "new_name", pid 12109, jiffies 4295580214 hex dump (first 8 bytes): 61 6e 79 00 38 c9 5c 7e any.8.\~ backtrace (crc e1b7f876): [<00000000c6848ac7>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4b/0x80 [<00000000de9f7d00>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x36e/0x4a0 [<000000003e29b886>] memdup_user+0x32/0xa0 [<0000000007248326>] strndup_user+0x46/0x60 [<0000000035b3dd29>] __x64_sys_fsconfig+0x368/0x3d0 [<0000000018657927>] x64_sys_call+0xff/0x9f0 [<00000000c0cabc95>] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 [<000000002f331597>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: microchip: vcap api: Fix memory leaks in vcap_api_encode_rule_test() Commit a3c1e45156ad ("net: microchip: vcap: Fix use-after-free error in kunit test") fixed the use-after-free error, but introduced below memory leaks by removing necessary vcap_free_rule(), add it to fix it. unreferenced object 0xffffff80ca58b700 (size 192): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1215, jiffies 4294898264 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 12 7a 00 05 00 00 00 0a 00 00 00 64 00 00 00 ..z.........d... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 0b cc 80 ff ff ff ................ backtrace (crc 9c09c3fe): [<0000000052a0be73>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<0000000043605459>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<0000000040a01b8d>] vcap_alloc_rule+0x3cc/0x9c4 [<000000003fe86110>] vcap_api_encode_rule_test+0x1ac/0x16b0 [<00000000b3595fc4>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<0000000010f5d2bf>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000c5d82c9a>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000f4287308>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 unreferenced object 0xffffff80cc0b0400 (size 64): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1215, jiffies 4294898265 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 04 0b cc 80 ff ff ff 18 b7 58 ca 80 ff ff ff ..........X..... 39 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 06 05 04 03 02 01 ff ff 9............... backtrace (crc daf014e9): [<0000000052a0be73>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<0000000043605459>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<000000000ff63fd4>] vcap_rule_add_key+0x2cc/0x528 [<00000000dfdb1e81>] vcap_api_encode_rule_test+0x224/0x16b0 [<00000000b3595fc4>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<0000000010f5d2bf>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000c5d82c9a>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000f4287308>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 unreferenced object 0xffffff80cc0b0700 (size 64): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1215, jiffies 4294898265 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 07 0b cc 80 ff ff ff 28 b7 58 ca 80 ff ff ff ........(.X..... 3c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 2f 03 b3 ec ff ff ff <......../...... backtrace (crc 8d877792): [<0000000052a0be73>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<0000000043605459>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<000000006eadfab7>] vcap_rule_add_action+0x2d0/0x52c [<00000000323475d1>] vcap_api_encode_rule_test+0x4d4/0x16b0 [<00000000b3595fc4>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<0000000010f5d2bf>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000c5d82c9a>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000f4287308>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 unreferenced object 0xffffff80cc0b0900 (size 64): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1215, jiffies 4294898266 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 80 09 0b cc 80 ff ff ff 80 06 0b cc 80 ff ff ff ................ 7d 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 }............... backtrace (crc 34181e56): [<0000000052a0be73>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<0000000043605459>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<000000000ff63fd4>] vcap_rule_add_key+0x2cc/0x528 [<00000000991e3564>] vcap_val_rule+0xcf0/0x13e8 [<00000000fc9868e5>] vcap_api_encode_rule_test+0x678/0x16b0 [<00000000b3595fc4>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<0000000010f5d2bf>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000c5d82c9a>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<00000000f4287308>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 unreferenced object 0xffffff80cc0b0980 (size 64): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 1215, jiffies 4294898266 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 18 b7 58 ca 80 ff ff ff 00 09 0b cc 80 ff ff ff ..X............. 67 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 74 88 c0 ff ff ff g.........t..... backtrace (crc 275fd9be): [<0000000052a0be73>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<0000000043605459>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<000000000ff63fd4>] vcap_rule_add_key+0x2cc/0x528 [<000000001396a1a2>] test_add_de ---truncated---Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/tests/sysfs-kunit.h: fix memory leak in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets() The sysfs_target->regions allocated in damon_sysfs_regions_alloc() is not freed in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets(), which cause the following memory leak, free it to fix it. unreferenced object 0xffffff80c2a8db80 (size 96): comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 187, jiffies 4294894363 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 0): [<0000000001e3714d>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40 [<000000008e6835c1>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4 [<000000001286d9f8>] damon_sysfs_test_add_targets+0x1cc/0x738 [<0000000032ef8f77>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac [<00000000f3edea23>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec [<00000000adf936cf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374 [<0000000041bb1628>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: zram: free secondary algorithms names We need to kfree() secondary algorithms names when reset zram device that had multi-streams, otherwise we leak memory. [senozhatsky@chromium.org: kfree(NULL) is legal]Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: Fix macvlan leak by synchronizing access to mac_filter_hash This patch addresses a macvlan leak issue in the i40e driver caused by concurrent access to vsi->mac_filter_hash. The leak occurs when multiple threads attempt to modify the mac_filter_hash simultaneously, leading to inconsistent state and potential memory leaks. To fix this, we now wrap the calls to i40e_del_mac_filter() and zeroing vf->default_lan_addr.addr with spin_lock/unlock_bh(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock), ensuring atomic operations and preventing concurrent access. Additionally, we add lockdep_assert_held(&vsi->mac_filter_hash_lock) in i40e_add_mac_filter() to help catch similar issues in the future. Reproduction steps: 1. Spawn VFs and configure port vlan on them. 2. Trigger concurrent macvlan operations (e.g., adding and deleting portvlan and/or mac filters). 3. Observe the potential memory leak and inconsistent state in the mac_filter_hash. This synchronization ensures the integrity of the mac_filter_hash and prevents the described leak.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: m_can: pci: add missing m_can_class_free_dev() in probe/remove methods In m_can_pci_remove() and error handling path of m_can_pci_probe(), m_can_class_free_dev() should be called to free resource allocated by m_can_class_allocate_dev(), otherwise there will be memleak.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p: Fix a potential socket leak in p9_socket_open Both p9_fd_create_tcp() and p9_fd_create_unix() will call p9_socket_open(). If the creation of p9_trans_fd fails, p9_fd_create_tcp() and p9_fd_create_unix() will return an error directly instead of releasing the cscoket, which will result in a socket leak. This patch adds sock_release() to fix the leak issue.Show less

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mdiobus: fix unbalanced node reference count I got the following report while doing device(mscc-miim) load test with CONFIG_OF_UNITTEST and CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC enabled: OF: ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2, of_node_get()/of_node_put() unbalanced - destroy cset entry: attach overlay node /spi/soc@0/mdio@7107009c/ethernet-phy@0 If the 'fwnode' is not an acpi node, the refcount is get in fwnode_mdiobus_phy_device_register(), but it has never been put when the device is freed in the normal path. So call fwnode_handle_put() in phy_device_release() to avoid leak. If it's an acpi node, it has never been get, but it's put in the error path, so call fwnode_handle_get() before phy_device_register() to keep get/put operation balanced.Show less