In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
selinux: fix memleak in security_read_state_kernel()
In this function, it directly returns the result of __security_read_policy without freeing the allocated memory in *data, cause memory leak issue, so free the memory if __security_read_policy failed.
[PM: subject line tweak]
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.12 | 5.15.61 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.16 | 5.18.18 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 5.19 | 5.19.2 |