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iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() fails, we should free iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs to prevent potential memleak.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18, 6.7.6
CVEs
CVE-2023-52643
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 02:51 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Apr 2024, 09:43 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() fails, we should free iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs to prevent potential memleak.

osv:CVE-2023-52643

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.15.149, 6.1.79, 6.6.18, 6.7.6

Complete source record
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