In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau/nvif: Fix potential memory leak in nvif_vmm_ctor(). When the nvif_vmm_type is invalid, we will return error directly without freeing the args in nvif_vmm_ctor(), which leading a memory leak. Fix it by setting the ret -EINVAL and goto done.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72553fe19317fe93cb8591c83095c446bc7fe292 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d9110e3b35d08832661da1a1fc2d24455981a04 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb8aeaa3191b617c6faf8ae937252e059673b7ea Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cabcb52d76d3d42f16c344a96e098dd9d18602f8 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72553fe19317fe93cb8591c83095c446bc7fe292 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d9110e3b35d08832661da1a1fc2d24455981a04 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb8aeaa3191b617c6faf8ae937252e059673b7ea Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cabcb52d76d3d42f16c344a96e098dd9d18602f8 Patch