CVE-2026-23137 (GCVE-0-2026-23137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-14 15:22 – Updated: 2026-02-14 15:22
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Title
of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add() In unittest_data_add(), if of_resolve_phandles() fails, the allocated unittest_data is not freed, leading to a memory leak. Fix this by using scope-based cleanup helper __free(kfree) for automatic resource cleanup. This ensures unittest_data is automatically freed when it goes out of scope in error paths. For the success path, use retain_and_null_ptr() to transfer ownership of the memory to the device tree and prevent double freeing.
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Linux Linux Affected: 2eb46da2a760e5764c48b752a5ef320e02b96b21 , < f09b0f705bd7197863b90256ef533a6414d1db2c (git)
Affected: 2eb46da2a760e5764c48b752a5ef320e02b96b21 , < 235a1eb8d2dcc49a6cf0a5ee1aa85544a5d0054b (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.6 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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