Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path
Key restriction is allocated in integrity_init_keyring(). However, if keyring allocation failed, it is not freed, causing memory leaks.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux-hwe @ 4.15.0 (+8 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
integrity: Fix memory leakage in keyring allocation error path
Key restriction is allocated in integrity_init_keyring(). However, if keyring allocation failed, it is not freed, causing memory leaks.