In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe
kmemleak reports:
unreferenced object 0xffff88814d14e200 (size 256):
comm "cat", pid 336, jiffies 4294871818 (age 779.490s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
04 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0c d8 c8 9b ff ff ff ff 04 5a ca 9b ff ff ff ff .........Z......
backtrace:
[<ffffffff9bdff18f>] __kmalloc+0x4f/0x140
[<ffffffff9bc9238b>] trace_find_next_entry+0xbb/0x1d0
[<ffffffff9bc9caef>] trace_print_lat_context+0xaf/0x4e0
[<ffffffff9bc94490>] print_trace_line+0x3e0/0x950
[<ffffffff9bc95499>] tracing_read_pipe+0x2d9/0x5a0
[<ffffffff9bf03a43>] vfs_read+0x143/0x520
[<ffffffff9bf04c2d>] ksys_read+0xbd/0x160
[<ffffffff9d0f0edf>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[<ffffffff9d2000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
when reading file 'trace_pipe', 'iter->temp' is allocated or relocated
in trace_find_next_entry() but not freed before 'trace_pipe' is closed.
To fix it, free 'iter->temp' in tracing_release_pipe().
tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe
kmemleak reports:
unreferenced object 0xffff88814d14e200 (size 256):
comm "cat", pid 336, jiffies 4294871818 (age 779.490s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
04 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0c d8 c8 9b ff ff ff ff 04 5a ca 9b ff ff ff ff .........Z......
backtrace:
[<ffffffff9bdff18f>] __kmalloc+0x4f/0x140
[<ffffffff9bc9238b>] trace_find_next_entry+0xbb/0x1d0
[<ffffffff9bc9caef>] trace_print_lat_context+0xaf/0x4e0
[<ffffffff9bc94490>] print_trace_line+0x3e0/0x950
[<ffffffff9bc95499>] tracing_read_pipe+0x2d9/0x5a0
[<ffffffff9bf03a43>] vfs_read+0x143/0x520
[<ffffffff9bf04c2d>] ksys_read+0xbd/0x160
[<ffffffff9d0f0edf>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[<ffffffff9d2000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8
when reading file 'trace_pipe', 'iter->temp' is allocated or relocated
in trace_find_next_entry() but not freed before 'trace_pipe' is closed.
To fix it, free 'iter->temp' in tracing_release_pipe().
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe kmemleak reports: unreferenced object 0xffff88814d14e200 (size 256): comm "cat", pid 336, jiffies 4294871818 (age 779.490s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 04 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0c d8 c8 9b ff ff ff ff 04 5a ca 9b ff ff ff ff .........Z...... backtrace: [<ffffffff9bdff18f>] __kmalloc+0x4f/0x140 [<ffffffff9bc9238b>] trace_find_next_entry+0xbb/0x1d0 [<ffffffff9bc9caef>] trace_print_lat_context+0xaf/0x4e0 [<ffffffff9bc94490>] print_trace_line+0x3e0/0x950 [<ffffffff9bc95499>] tracing_read_pipe+0x2d9/0x5a0 [<ffffffff9bf03a43>] vfs_read+0x143/0x520 [<ffffffff9bf04c2d>] ksys_read+0xbd/0x160 [<ffffffff9d0f0edf>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [<ffffffff9d2000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 when reading file 'trace_pipe', 'iter->temp' is allocated or relocated in trace_find_next_entry() but not freed before 'trace_pipe' is closed. To fix it, free 'iter->temp' in tracing_release_pipe(). | |
| Title | tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-30T12:08:45.441Z
Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:44.496Z
Link: CVE-2023-54171
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:04.940
Modified: 2025-12-30T13:16:04.940
Link: CVE-2023-54171
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