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FKIE_CVE-2022-49191

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-26 07:00 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:17
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mxser: fix xmit_buf leak in activate when LSR == 0xff When LSR is 0xff in ->activate() (rather unlike), we return an error. Provided ->shutdown() is not called when ->activate() fails, nothing actually frees the buffer in this case. Fix this by properly freeing the buffer in a designated label. We jump there also from the "!info->type" if now too.

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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmxser: fix xmit_buf leak in activate when LSR == 0xff\n\nWhen LSR is 0xff in -\u003eactivate() (rather unlike), we return an error.\nProvided -\u003eshutdown() is not called when -\u003eactivate() fails, nothing\nactually frees the buffer in this case.\n\nFix this by properly freeing the buffer in a designated label. We jump\nthere also from the \"!info-\u003etype\" if now too."
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: mxser: se corrige la fuga de xmit_buf en activate cuando LSR == 0xff Cuando LSR es 0xff en -\u0026gt;activate() (bastante diferente), devolvemos un error. Siempre que no se llame a -\u0026gt;shutdown() cuando -\u0026gt;activate() falla, en realidad nada libera el b\u00fafer en este caso. Corrija esto liberando correctamente el b\u00fafer en una etiqueta designada. Saltamos all\u00ed tambi\u00e9n desde \"!info-\u0026gt;type\" if now tambi\u00e9n."
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
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