CVE-2026-23137 PUBLISHED

of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 13.01.2026 Published: 14.02.2026 Updated: 14.02.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2eb46da2a760e5764c48b752a5ef320e02b96b21 to f09b0f705bd7197863b90256ef533a6414d1db2c (excl.)
  • affected from 2eb46da2a760e5764c48b752a5ef320e02b96b21 to 235a1eb8d2dcc49a6cf0a5ee1aa85544a5d0054b (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.6 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19 to * (incl.)

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