Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Allowed

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

2021 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-8RFM-2PFJ-5PQ2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:03 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:03
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Details

A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the filter_frame function in vf_tile.c.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2020-22051"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-06-02T17:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A Denial of Service vulnerability exists in FFmpeg 4.2 due to a memory leak in the filter_frame function in vf_tile.c.",
  "id": "GHSA-8rfm-2pfj-5pq2",
  "modified": "2022-05-24T19:03:51Z",
  "published": "2022-05-24T19:03:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-22051"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8313"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.videolan.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commitdiff;h=673fce6d40d9a594fb7a0ea17d296b7d3d9ea856"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}

GHSA-8RJJ-J4HJ-JC98

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-16 15:30 – Updated: 2024-07-23 15:31
VLAI
Details

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

net: marvell: prestera: Add missing of_node_put() in prestera_switch_set_base_mac_addr

This node pointer is returned by of_find_compatible_node() with refcount incremented. Calling of_node_put() to aovid the refcount leak.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-48859"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-07-16T13:15:12Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: marvell: prestera: Add missing of_node_put() in prestera_switch_set_base_mac_addr\n\nThis node pointer is returned by of_find_compatible_node() with\nrefcount incremented. Calling of_node_put() to aovid the refcount leak.",
  "id": "GHSA-8rjj-j4hj-jc98",
  "modified": "2024-07-23T15:31:08Z",
  "published": "2024-07-16T15:30:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48859"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cc66bf17220ff9631f9fa99b02a872e0ad5a08b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7c2fd1d126329340639adfb8dd2938fe4b65df7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9ffa3e2bc451816ce0295e40063514fabf2bd36"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8RJR-8H65-297V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-03-25 12:30 – Updated: 2024-05-16 21:31
VLAI
Details

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

misc/uss720: fix memory leak in uss720_probe

uss720_probe forgets to decrease the refcount of usbdev in uss720_probe. Fix this by decreasing the refcount of usbdev by usb_put_dev.

BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888101113800 (size 2048): comm "kworker/0:1", pid 7, jiffies 4294956777 (age 28.870s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): ff ff ff ff 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....1........... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:554 [inline] [] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:684 [inline] [] usb_alloc_dev+0x32/0x450 drivers/usb/core/usb.c:582 [] hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5129 [inline] [] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline] [] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5509 [inline] [] hub_event+0x1171/0x20c0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5591 [] process_one_work+0x2c9/0x600 kernel/workqueue.c:2275 [] worker_thread+0x59/0x5d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2421 [] kthread+0x178/0x1b0 kernel/kthread.c:292 [] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294

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    "nvd_published_at": "2024-03-25T10:15:09Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc/uss720: fix memory leak in uss720_probe\n\nuss720_probe forgets to decrease the refcount of usbdev in uss720_probe.\nFix this by decreasing the refcount of usbdev by usb_put_dev.\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff888101113800 (size 2048):\n  comm \"kworker/0:1\", pid 7, jiffies 4294956777 (age 28.870s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    ff ff ff ff 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....1...........\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003cffffffff82b8e822\u003e] kmalloc include/linux/slab.h:554 [inline]\n    [\u003cffffffff82b8e822\u003e] kzalloc include/linux/slab.h:684 [inline]\n    [\u003cffffffff82b8e822\u003e] usb_alloc_dev+0x32/0x450 drivers/usb/core/usb.c:582\n    [\u003cffffffff82b98441\u003e] hub_port_connect drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5129 [inline]\n    [\u003cffffffff82b98441\u003e] hub_port_connect_change drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5363 [inline]\n    [\u003cffffffff82b98441\u003e] port_event drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5509 [inline]\n    [\u003cffffffff82b98441\u003e] hub_event+0x1171/0x20c0 drivers/usb/core/hub.c:5591\n    [\u003cffffffff81259229\u003e] process_one_work+0x2c9/0x600 kernel/workqueue.c:2275\n    [\u003cffffffff81259b19\u003e] worker_thread+0x59/0x5d0 kernel/workqueue.c:2421\n    [\u003cffffffff81261228\u003e] kthread+0x178/0x1b0 kernel/kthread.c:292\n    [\u003cffffffff8100227f\u003e] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:294",
  "id": "GHSA-8rjr-8h65-297v",
  "modified": "2024-05-16T21:31:56Z",
  "published": "2024-03-25T12:30:52Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36b5ff1db1a4ef4fdbc2bae364344279f033ad88"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/386918878ce4cd676e4607233866e03c9399a46a"
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    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f46b2410db2c8f26b8bb91b40deebf4ec184391"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7889c70e6173ef358f3cd7578db127a489035a42"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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}

GHSA-8RXQ-4Q2F-M8FJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-18 21:32 – Updated: 2025-03-18 21:32
VLAI
Details

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

drm/amd/display: Call dc_stream_release for remove link enc assignment

[Why] A porting error resulted in the stream assignment for the link being retained without being released - a memory leak.

[How] Fix the porting error by adding back the dc_stream_release() intended as part of the original patch.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49233"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-8rxq-4q2f-m8fj",
  "modified": "2025-03-18T21:32:00Z",
  "published": "2025-03-18T21:32:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49233"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a28b7b6a0c827ce672edcdb5b2b5916b0beebe03"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2bde8349c35d01d7c50456ea06a5c7d5e0e5ed0"
    }
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8V22-4PX4-6C2P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-14 00:30 – Updated: 2026-06-01 18:31
VLAI
Details

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

drm/amd/display: Fix memory leak

[why] Resource release is needed on the error handling path to prevent memory leak.

[how] Fix this by adding kfree on the error handling path.

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    "CVE-2022-49135"
  ],
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    "github_reviewed": false,
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:00:50Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-8v22-4px4-6c2p",
  "modified": "2026-06-01T18:31:19Z",
  "published": "2025-03-14T00:30:50Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49135"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce1497add6d17b48cc9df65095bd20202d93994"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5076315aaddd640bde896ec8d79423ed8ec83a59"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e10369c72db7a0e2f77b2e306aadc07aef6b07a"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d0bef3cc22cf250278ed45b829f062a00af9e27"
    }
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8V6J-V3R3-P944

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-01 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-07 21:31
VLAI
Details

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

tracing: Fix memory leak in test_gen_synth_cmd() and test_empty_synth_event()

test_gen_synth_cmd() only free buf in fail path, hence buf will leak when there is no failure. Add kfree(buf) to prevent the memleak. The same reason and solution in test_empty_synth_event().

unreferenced object 0xffff8881127de000 (size 2048): comm "modprobe", pid 247, jiffies 4294972316 (age 78.756s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 20 67 65 6e 5f 73 79 6e 74 68 5f 74 65 73 74 20 gen_synth_test 20 70 69 64 5f 74 20 6e 65 78 74 5f 70 69 64 5f pid_t next_pid_ backtrace: [<000000004254801a>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x100 [<0000000039eb1cf5>] 0xffffffffa00083cd [<000000000e8c3bc8>] 0xffffffffa00086ba [<00000000c293d1ea>] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480 [<00000000aa189e6d>] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680 [<00000000d513222b>] load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0 [<000000001fd4d529>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0 [<00000000b36c4c0f>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [<00000000bbf20cf3>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd unreferenced object 0xffff8881127df000 (size 2048): comm "modprobe", pid 247, jiffies 4294972324 (age 78.728s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 20 65 6d 70 74 79 5f 73 79 6e 74 68 5f 74 65 73 empty_synth_tes 74 20 20 70 69 64 5f 74 20 6e 65 78 74 5f 70 69 t pid_t next_pi backtrace: [<000000004254801a>] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x100 [<00000000d4db9a3d>] 0xffffffffa0008071 [<00000000c31354a5>] 0xffffffffa00086ce [<00000000c293d1ea>] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480 [<00000000aa189e6d>] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680 [<00000000d513222b>] load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0 [<000000001fd4d529>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0 [<00000000b36c4c0f>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [<00000000bbf20cf3>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49800"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: Fix memory leak in test_gen_synth_cmd() and test_empty_synth_event()\n\ntest_gen_synth_cmd() only free buf in fail path, hence buf will leak\nwhen there is no failure. Add kfree(buf) to prevent the memleak. The\nsame reason and solution in test_empty_synth_event().\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881127de000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"modprobe\", pid 247, jiffies 4294972316 (age 78.756s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    20 67 65 6e 5f 73 79 6e 74 68 5f 74 65 73 74 20   gen_synth_test\n    20 70 69 64 5f 74 20 6e 65 78 74 5f 70 69 64 5f   pid_t next_pid_\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003c000000004254801a\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x100\n    [\u003c0000000039eb1cf5\u003e] 0xffffffffa00083cd\n    [\u003c000000000e8c3bc8\u003e] 0xffffffffa00086ba\n    [\u003c00000000c293d1ea\u003e] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480\n    [\u003c00000000aa189e6d\u003e] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680\n    [\u003c00000000d513222b\u003e] load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0\n    [\u003c000000001fd4d529\u003e] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0\n    [\u003c00000000b36c4c0f\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n    [\u003c00000000bbf20cf3\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881127df000 (size 2048):\n  comm \"modprobe\", pid 247, jiffies 4294972324 (age 78.728s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    20 65 6d 70 74 79 5f 73 79 6e 74 68 5f 74 65 73   empty_synth_tes\n    74 20 20 70 69 64 5f 74 20 6e 65 78 74 5f 70 69  t  pid_t next_pi\n  backtrace:\n    [\u003c000000004254801a\u003e] kmalloc_trace+0x26/0x100\n    [\u003c00000000d4db9a3d\u003e] 0xffffffffa0008071\n    [\u003c00000000c31354a5\u003e] 0xffffffffa00086ce\n    [\u003c00000000c293d1ea\u003e] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480\n    [\u003c00000000aa189e6d\u003e] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680\n    [\u003c00000000d513222b\u003e] load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0\n    [\u003c000000001fd4d529\u003e] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0\n    [\u003c00000000b36c4c0f\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n    [\u003c00000000bbf20cf3\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd",
  "id": "GHSA-8v6j-v3r3-p944",
  "modified": "2025-11-07T21:31:19Z",
  "published": "2025-05-01T15:31:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49800"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ba4f0603aba288580866394f2916dfe55823a2"
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    {
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}

GHSA-8V7Q-6CGM-98QQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-01 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-06 18:32
VLAI
Details

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

cxgb4: fix memory leak in cxgb4_init_ethtool_filters() error path

In the for loop used to allocate the loc_array and bmap for each port, a memory leak is possible when the allocation for loc_array succeeds, but the allocation for bmap fails. This is because when the control flow goes to the label free_eth_finfo, only the allocations starting from (i-1)th iteration are freed.

Fix that by freeing the loc_array in the bmap allocation error path.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-37788"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T14:15:43Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxgb4: fix memory leak in cxgb4_init_ethtool_filters() error path\n\nIn the for loop used to allocate the loc_array and bmap for each port, a\nmemory leak is possible when the allocation for loc_array succeeds,\nbut the allocation for bmap fails. This is because when the control flow\ngoes to the label free_eth_finfo, only the allocations starting from\n(i-1)th iteration are freed.\n\nFix that by freeing the loc_array in the bmap allocation error path.",
  "id": "GHSA-8v7q-6cgm-98qq",
  "modified": "2025-11-06T18:32:43Z",
  "published": "2025-05-01T15:31:45Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-37788"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ffb3724ce743578163f5ade2884374554ca021"
    },
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    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/118d05b530343cd9322607b9719405ba254a4183"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76deedea08899885f076aba0bb80bd1276446822"
    },
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dafb6e433ab2333b67be05433dc9c6ccbc7b1284"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9de08e15aee35b96064960f95997bb6c1209c4b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa2d7708955e4f8212fd69bab1da604e60cb0b15"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8VGM-MF5M-39HH

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-21 12:31 – Updated: 2025-10-21 12:31
VLAI
Details

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

rtw89: ser: fix CAM leaks occurring in L2 reset

The CAM, meaning address CAM and bssid CAM here, will get leaks during SER (system error recover) L2 reset process and ieee80211_restart_hw() which is called by L2 reset process eventually.

The normal flow would be like -> add interface (acquire 1) -> enter ips (release 1) -> leave ips (acquire 1) -> connection (occupy 1) <(A) 1 leak after L2 reset if non-sec connection>

The ieee80211_restart_hw() flow (under connection) -> ieee80211 reconfig -> add interface (acquire 1) -> leave ips (acquire 1) -> connection (occupy (A) + 2) <(B) 1 more leak>

Originally, CAM is released before HW restart only if connection is under security. Now, release CAM whatever connection it is to fix leak in (A). OTOH, check if CAM is already valid to avoid acquiring multiple times to fix (B).

Besides, if AP mode, release address CAM of all stations before HW restart.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49539"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:29Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-8vgm-mf5m-39hh",
  "modified": "2025-10-21T12:31:26Z",
  "published": "2025-10-21T12:31:26Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49539"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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  ]
}

GHSA-8W2Q-P4VP-8JXF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-03 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-09 00:01
VLAI
Details

Potential memory leak in modem during the processing of NSA RRC Reconfiguration with invalid Radio Bearer Config in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-22067"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-09-02T12:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Potential memory leak in modem during the processing of NSA RRC Reconfiguration with invalid Radio Bearer Config in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Mobile",
  "id": "GHSA-8w2q-p4vp-8jxf",
  "modified": "2022-09-09T00:01:12Z",
  "published": "2022-09-03T00:00:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22067"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins/august-2022-bulletin"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-8W4C-RP37-3WMC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-23 21:30
VLAI
Details

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

net_sched: fix skb memory leak in deferred qdisc drops

When the network stack cleans up the deferred list via qdisc_run_end(), it operates on the root qdisc. If the root qdisc do not implement the TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag the packets queue to free are never freed and gets stranded on the child's local to_free list.

Fix this by making qdisc_dequeue_drop() aware of the root qdisc. It fetches the root qdisc and check for the TCQ_F_DEQUEUE_DROPS flag. If the flag is present, the packet is appended directly to the root's to_free list. Otherwise, drop it directly as it was done before the optimization was implemented.

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-53079"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-401"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T17:17:21Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-8w4c-rp37-3wmc",
  "modified": "2026-07-23T21:30:32Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T18:32:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53079"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6bd339dbb3514bce690fdcf252e788dfab4ee76"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf26ad92ffda7884825d67b46bd5efe615c3babf"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation MIT-41
Implementation

Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks

  • Choose a language or tool that provides automatic memory management, or makes manual memory management less error-prone.
  • For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.
  • When using Xcode to target OS X or iOS, enable automatic reference counting (ARC) [REF-391].
  • To help correctly and consistently manage memory when programming in C++, consider using a smart pointer class such as std::auto_ptr (defined by ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 14882:2003), std::shared_ptr and std::unique_ptr (specified by an upcoming revision of the C++ standard, informally referred to as C++ 1x), or equivalent solutions such as Boost.
Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.

Mitigation
Architecture and Design Build and Compilation

Consider using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector (bdwgc), which can help avoid leaks.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.