CVE-2023-53349
media: ov2740: Fix memleak in ov2740_init_controls()
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ov2740: Fix memleak in ov2740_init_controls() There is a kmemleak when testing the media/i2c/ov2740.c with bpf mock device: unreferenced object 0xffff8881090e19e0 (size 16): comm "51-i2c-ov2740", pid 278, jiffies 4294781584 (age 23.613s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 00 f3 7c 0b 81 88 ff ff 80 75 6a 09 81 88 ff ff ..|......uj..... backtrace: [<000000004e9fad8f>] __kmalloc_node+0x44/0x1b0 [<0000000039c802f4>] kvmalloc_node+0x34/0x180 [<000000009b8b5c63>] v4l2_ctrl_handler_init_class+0x11d/0x180 [videodev] [<0000000038644056>] ov2740_probe+0x37d/0x84f [ov2740] [<0000000092489f59>] i2c_device_probe+0x28d/0x680 [<000000001038babe>] really_probe+0x17c/0x3f0 [<0000000098c7af1c>] __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170 [<00000000e1b3dc24>] device_driver_attach+0x34/0x80 [<000000005a04a34d>] bind_store+0x10b/0x1a0 [<00000000ce25d4f2>] drv_attr_store+0x49/0x70 [<000000007d9f4e9a>] sysfs_kf_write+0x8c/0xb0 [<00000000be6cff0f>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x216/0x2e0 [<0000000031ddb40a>] vfs_write+0x658/0x810 [<0000000041beecdd>] ksys_write+0xd6/0x1b0 [<0000000023755840>] do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 [<00000000b2cc2da2>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd ov2740_init_controls() won't clean all the allocated resources in fail path, which may causes the memleaks. Add v4l2_ctrl_handler_free() to prevent memleak.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a163ee11345d8322321c28bd61631de32455b987
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3969b2ebc66039306f505c7c630c5530800f83c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc33380ae06f438b652f66b9370b543976ac8a03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c405ee63447f14eefcfe12a18aa749abbd596ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d899592ed7829d0d5140853bac4d58742a6b8af
References (5)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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