Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/a6xx: Fix kvzalloc vs state_kcalloc usage
adreno_show_object() is a trap! It will re-allocate the pointer it is passed on first call, when the data is ascii85 encoded, using kvmalloc/ kvfree(). Which means the data *passed* to it must be kvmalloc'd, ie. we cannot use the state_kcalloc() helper.
This partially reverts commit ec8f1813bf8d ("drm/msm/a6xx: Replace kcalloc() with kvzalloc()"), but adds the missing kvfree() to fix the memory leak that was present previously. And adds a warning comment.
Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/507014/
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= b859f9b009bbfbc236d9b076c64c59ccb41b8737, < 4b1bbc0571a5d7ee10f754186dc3d619b9ced5c1; >= b859f9b009bbfbc236d9b076c64c59ccb41b8737, < 83d18e9d9c0150d98dc24e3642ea93f5e245322c |
| Linux | Linux | 5.17 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 30, 2025
- Last modified
- Aug 4, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred