GHSA-QWPM-8XH6-72RP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-31 12:30 – Updated: 2026-01-31 12:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vport_rel()
Free vport->rx_ptype_lkup in idpf_vport_rel() to avoid leaking memory during a reset. Reported by kmemleak:
unreferenced object 0xff450acac838a000 (size 4096): comm "kworker/u258:5", pid 7732, jiffies 4296830044 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 3da81902): __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x469/0x7a0 idpf_send_get_rx_ptype_msg+0x90/0x570 [idpf] idpf_init_task+0x1ec/0x8d0 [idpf] process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0 worker_thread+0x19e/0x340 kthread+0x10f/0x250 ret_from_fork+0x251/0x2b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-23023"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-31T12:16:05Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nidpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vport_rel()\n\nFree vport-\u003erx_ptype_lkup in idpf_vport_rel() to avoid leaking memory\nduring a reset. Reported by kmemleak:\n\nunreferenced object 0xff450acac838a000 (size 4096):\n comm \"kworker/u258:5\", pid 7732, jiffies 4296830044\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace (crc 3da81902):\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x469/0x7a0\n idpf_send_get_rx_ptype_msg+0x90/0x570 [idpf]\n idpf_init_task+0x1ec/0x8d0 [idpf]\n process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0\n worker_thread+0x19e/0x340\n kthread+0x10f/0x250\n ret_from_fork+0x251/0x2b0\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30",
"id": "GHSA-qwpm-8xh6-72rp",
"modified": "2026-01-31T12:30:12Z",
"published": "2026-01-31T12:30:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23023"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4212d6732e3f674c6cc7d0b642f276d827e8f94"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec602a2a4071eb956d656ba968c58fee09f0622d"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6242b354605faff263ca45882b148200915a3f6"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
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