CVE-2021-47516

nfp: Fix memory leak in nfp_cpp_area_cache_add()

published May 24, 2024

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
14.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nfp: Fix memory leak in nfp_cpp_area_cache_add()

In line 800 (#1), nfp_cpp_area_alloc() allocates and initializes a

CPP area structure. But in line 807 (#2), when the cache is allocated

failed, this CPP area structure is not freed, which will result in

memory leak.

We can fix it by freeing the CPP area when the cache is allocated

failed (#2).

792 int nfp_cpp_area_cache_add(struct nfp_cpp *cpp, size_t size)

793 {

794 struct nfp_cpp_area_cache *cache;

795 struct nfp_cpp_area *area;

800 area = nfp_cpp_area_alloc(cpp, NFP_CPP_ID(7, NFP_CPP_ACTION_RW, 0),

801 0, size);

// #1: allocates and initializes

802 if (!area)

803 return -ENOMEM;

805 cache = kzalloc(sizeof(*cache), GFP_KERNEL);

806 if (!cache)

807 return -ENOMEM; // #2: missing free

817 return 0;

818 }

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00240 · 14.2th percentile
Published
2024-05-24T15:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 MAY 15:09Z
    nfp: Fix memory leak in nfp_cpp_area_cache_add()
    cvelistv5