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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2022-48698

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup() When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. Fix this up by properly calling dput().

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  • LOCAL
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  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)

'Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't effectively release allocated memory after it is used. If not addressed, this enables attackers to launch denial of service attacks (by crashing or hanging the program) or take advantage of other unexpected behavior resulting from low memory conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published