In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add()
If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(), the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in kobject_cleanup(), and sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(), set it to null in error path.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.16 | 4.19.267 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.20 | 5.4.225 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.5 | 5.10.156 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.11 | 5.15.80 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.16 | 6.0.10 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.1-rc1 | 6.1-rc1.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.1-rc2 | 6.1-rc2.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.1-rc3 | 6.1-rc3.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.1-rc4 | 6.1-rc4.x |
| linux / linux_kernel | 6.1-rc5 | 6.1-rc5.x |