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CVE-2023-53227
No affected components available
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubifs: dirty_cow_znode: Fix memleak in error handling path
Following process will cause a memleak for copied up znode:
dirty_cow_znode zn = copy_znode(c, znode); err = insert_old_idx(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->offs); if (unlikely(err)) return ERR_PTR(err); // No one refers to zn.
Fix it by adding copied znode back to tnc, then it will be freed by ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree() while closing tnc.
Fetch a reproducer in [Link].
Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.
No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.
Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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