In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vc_core_deinit()

Make sure to free hw->lan_regs. Reported by kmemleak during reset:

unreferenced object 0xff1b913d02a936c0 (size 96):
comm "kworker/u258:14", pid 2174, jiffies 4294958305
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 c0 a8 ba 2d ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......-.........
00 00 40 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 b3 a8 ba 2d ff ..@.......%...-.
backtrace (crc 36063c4f):
__kmalloc_noprof+0x48f/0x890
idpf_vc_core_init+0x6ce/0x9b0 [idpf]
idpf_vc_event_task+0x1fb/0x350 [idpf]
process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0
worker_thread+0x19e/0x340
kthread+0x10f/0x250
ret_from_fork+0x251/0x2b0
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
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Sat, 31 Jan 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vc_core_deinit() Make sure to free hw->lan_regs. Reported by kmemleak during reset: unreferenced object 0xff1b913d02a936c0 (size 96): comm "kworker/u258:14", pid 2174, jiffies 4294958305 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 c0 a8 ba 2d ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......-......... 00 00 40 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 b3 a8 ba 2d ff ..@.......%...-. backtrace (crc 36063c4f): __kmalloc_noprof+0x48f/0x890 idpf_vc_core_init+0x6ce/0x9b0 [idpf] idpf_vc_event_task+0x1fb/0x350 [idpf] process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0 worker_thread+0x19e/0x340 kthread+0x10f/0x250 ret_from_fork+0x251/0x2b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
Title idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vc_core_deinit()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-31T11:39:05.973Z

Reserved: 2026-01-13T15:37:45.941Z

Link: CVE-2026-23022

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-31T12:16:05.517

Modified: 2026-01-31T12:16:05.517

Link: CVE-2026-23022

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