FKIE_CVE-2023-53746

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-08 02:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:45
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/vfio-ap: fix memory leak in vfio_ap device driver The device release callback function invoked to release the matrix device uses the dev_get_drvdata(device *dev) function to retrieve the pointer to the vfio_matrix_dev object in order to free its storage. The problem is, this object is not stored as drvdata with the device; since the kfree function will accept a NULL pointer, the memory for the vfio_matrix_dev object is never freed. Since the device being released is contained within the vfio_matrix_dev object, the container_of macro will be used to retrieve its pointer.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5195de1d5f66b276683240a896783f7f43c4f664
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a40fda14b4be3e38f03cc42ffd4efbc64fb3e67
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b6a02f5bf15931464c79dfd487c57f76aae3496
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f8cf767589f2131ae5d40f3758429095c701c84
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa2bff25e9bb10c935c7ffe3d5f5975bdccb1749
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee17dea3072dec0bc34399a32fa884e26342e4ea
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ns390/vfio-ap: fix memory leak in vfio_ap device driver\n\nThe device release callback function invoked to release the matrix device\nuses the dev_get_drvdata(device *dev) function to retrieve the\npointer to the vfio_matrix_dev object in order to free its storage. The\nproblem is, this object is not stored as drvdata with the device; since the\nkfree function will accept a NULL pointer, the memory for the\nvfio_matrix_dev object is never freed.\n\nSince the device being released is contained within the vfio_matrix_dev\nobject, the container_of macro will be used to retrieve its pointer."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:45:59.977",
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  "published": "2025-12-08T02:15:49.923",
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}



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