Description (CNA)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: HWS, fix matcher leak on resize target setup failure hws_bwc_matcher_move() allocates a replacement matcher before setting it as the resize target. If mlx5hws_matcher_resize_set_target() fails, the replacement matcher is not attached anywhere and is leaked. Fix the leak by destroying the replacement matcher before returning from the resize-target failure path. The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in v7.1.1. An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have a mlx5 HWS-capable device to test with, no runtime testing was able to be performed.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux / Linux | affected 2111bb970c787b16b002dc726c1d296ce87a00fb before a751ccdc6ea9bde154f25a5ba66926f462f96c19; affected 2111bb970c787b16b002dc726c1d296ce87a00fb before 1dce4f4bb3c1c02080b1a45bdd2abb2913a6642a; affected 2111bb970c787b16b002dc726c1d296ce87a00fb before ae0265f0a95aaacef59d560a3e1ea36db8be9a52; affected 2111bb970c787b16b002dc726c1d296ce87a00fb before bb09d0e64ecaa0aa0f7d1133a1696ed74dead295 |
| Linux / Linux | affected 6.12; unaffected 0 before 6.12; unaffected 6.12.101 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.40 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.5 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through * |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.