CVE-2022-48968

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

octeontx2-pf: Fix potential memory leak in otx2_init_tc()

In otx2_init_tc(), if rhashtable_init() failed, it does not free tc->tc_entries_bitmap which is allocated in otx2_tc_alloc_ent_bitmap().

Weakness

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Choose a language or tool that provides automatic memory management, or makes manual memory management less error-prone.
• For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.
• When using Xcode to target OS X or iOS, enable automatic reference counting (ARC) [REF-391].
• To help correctly and consistently manage memory when programming in C++, consider using a smart pointer class such as std::auto_ptr (defined by ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 14882:2003), std::shared_ptr and std::unique_ptr (specified by an upcoming revision of the C++ standard, informally referred to as C++ 1x), or equivalent solutions such as Boost.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db5ec358cf4ef0ab382ee733d05f018e8bef9462
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eefd8953a74822cb72006632b9ee9dd95f92c146
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf33f5ac76f2cdb47ad9763f620026d5cfa57ce