In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RISC-V: kexec: Fix memory leak of fdt buffer
This is reported by kmemleak detector:
unreferenced object 0xff60000082864000 (size 9588):
comm "kexec", pid 146, jiffies 4294900634 (age 64.788s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
d0 0d fe ed 00 00 12 ed 00 00 00 48 00 00 11 40 ...........H...@
00 00 00 28 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 ...(............
backtrace:
[<00000000f95b17c4>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x3e
[<00000000b9ec8e3e>] kmalloc_order+0x9c/0xc4
[<00000000a95cf02e>] kmalloc_order_trace+0x34/0xb6
[<00000000f01e68b4>] __kmalloc+0x5c2/0x62a
[<000000002bd497b2>] kvmalloc_node+0x66/0xd6
[<00000000906542fa>] of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt+0xa6/0x6ea
[<00000000e1166bde>] elf_kexec_load+0x206/0x4ec
[<0000000036548e09>] kexec_image_load_default+0x40/0x4c
[<0000000079fbe1b4>] sys_kexec_file_load+0x1c4/0x322
[<0000000040c62c03>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2
In elf_kexec_load(), a buffer is allocated via kvmalloc() to store fdt.
While it's not freed back to system when kexec kernel is reloaded or
unloaded. Then memory leak is caused. Fix it by introducing riscv
specific function arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(), and freeing the
buffer there.
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Affected Vendors & Products
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History
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: kexec: Fix memory leak of fdt buffer This is reported by kmemleak detector: unreferenced object 0xff60000082864000 (size 9588): comm "kexec", pid 146, jiffies 4294900634 (age 64.788s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): d0 0d fe ed 00 00 12 ed 00 00 00 48 00 00 11 40 ...........H...@ 00 00 00 28 00 00 00 11 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 ...(............ backtrace: [<00000000f95b17c4>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x3e [<00000000b9ec8e3e>] kmalloc_order+0x9c/0xc4 [<00000000a95cf02e>] kmalloc_order_trace+0x34/0xb6 [<00000000f01e68b4>] __kmalloc+0x5c2/0x62a [<000000002bd497b2>] kvmalloc_node+0x66/0xd6 [<00000000906542fa>] of_kexec_alloc_and_setup_fdt+0xa6/0x6ea [<00000000e1166bde>] elf_kexec_load+0x206/0x4ec [<0000000036548e09>] kexec_image_load_default+0x40/0x4c [<0000000079fbe1b4>] sys_kexec_file_load+0x1c4/0x322 [<0000000040c62c03>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2 In elf_kexec_load(), a buffer is allocated via kvmalloc() to store fdt. While it's not freed back to system when kexec kernel is reloaded or unloaded. Then memory leak is caused. Fix it by introducing riscv specific function arch_kimage_file_post_load_cleanup(), and freeing the buffer there. | |
| Title | RISC-V: kexec: Fix memory leak of fdt buffer | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-12-08T23:59:57.228Z
Updated: 2025-12-08T23:59:57.228Z
Reserved: 2025-12-08T23:57:43.369Z
Link: CVE-2022-50631
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-12-09T01:16:44.490
Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640
Link: CVE-2022-50631
Redhat
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