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media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Moreover, use kfree() in the later error handling in order to avoid memory leak.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2
CVEs
CVE-2023-52841
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 14:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 May 2024, 15:31 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup Add check for the return value of kstrdup() and return the error if it fails in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Moreover, use kfree() in the later error handling in order to avoid memory leak.

osv:CVE-2023-52841

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2

Complete source record
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