CVE-2023-52841 media: vidtv: mux: Add check and kfree for kstrdup

2024-05-2115:31:40

Linux

www.cve.org

linux kernel

vulnerability

resolved

media

vidtv

mux

kstrdup

kfree

null pointer dereference

memory leak

AI Score

6.5

Confidence

Low

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "drivers/media/test-drivers/vidtv/vidtv_mux.c"
    ],
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