Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ima: Fix memory leak in __ima_inode_hash()
Commit f3cc6b25dcc5 ("ima: always measure and audit files in policy") lets measurement or audit happen even if the file digest cannot be calculated.
As a result, iint->ima_hash could have been allocated despite ima_collect_measurement() returning an error.
Since ima_hash belongs to a temporary inode metadata structure, declared at the beginning of __ima_inode_hash(), just add a kfree() call if ima_collect_measurement() returns an error different from -ENOMEM (in that case, ima_hash should not have been allocated).
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Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 22, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred