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FKIE_CVE-2023-54146

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-24 13:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:46
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer After b3e34a47f989 ("x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer"), freeing image->elf_headers in the error path of crash_load_segments() is not needed because kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() will take care of that later. And not clearing it could result in a double-free. Drop the superfluous vfree() call at the error path of crash_load_segments().
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c71a552b97fb4f46eb300224434fe56fcf4f254
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/554a880a1fff46dd5a355dec21cd77d542a0ddf2
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bd3c7abeb69fb4133418b846a1c6dc11313d6f0
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d00dd2f2645dca04cf399d8fc692f3f69b6dd996
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbdbf8ac333d3d47c0d9ea81d7d445654431d100
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nx86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer\n\nAfter\n\n  b3e34a47f989 (\"x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer\"),\n\nfreeing image-\u003eelf_headers in the error path of crash_load_segments()\nis not needed because kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() will take\ncare of that later. And not clearing it could result in a double-free.\n\nDrop the superfluous vfree() call at the error path of\ncrash_load_segments()."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-54146",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:46:53.167",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-12-24T13:16:16.607",
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred"
}



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