Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2023-54041

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix memory leak when removing provided buffers When removing provided buffers, io_buffer structs are not being disposed of, leading to a memory leak. They can't be freed individually, because they are allocated in page-sized groups. They need to be added to some free list instead, such as io_buffers_cache. All callers already hold the lock protecting it, apart from when destroying buffers, so had to extend the lock there.

EPSS: 0.002 (6.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions cc3cec8367cba76a8ae4c271eba8450f3efc1ba3, 5.18, 0

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