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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2023-52684

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: qcom: qseecom: fix memory leaks in error paths Fix instances of returning error codes directly instead of jumping to the relevant labels where memory allocated for the SCM calls would be freed.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

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