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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 sourcePublished 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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