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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/kexec: Fix double-free of elf header buffer After b3e34a47f989 ("x86/kexec: fix memory leak of elf header buffer"), freeing image->elf_headers in the error path of crash_load_segments() is not needed because kimage_file_post_load_cleanup() will take care of that later. And not clearing it could result in a double-free. Drop the superfluous vfree() call at the error path of crash_load_segments().

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-24 | Published 2025-12-24 | Updated 2025-12-24 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

23cf39dccf7653650701a6f39b119e9116a27f1a (git) before 4c71a552b97fb4f46eb300224434fe56fcf4f254
affected

8765a423a87d74ef24ea02b43b2728fe4039f248 (git) before 554a880a1fff46dd5a355dec21cd77d542a0ddf2
affected

b3e34a47f98974d0844444c5121aaff123004e57 (git) before fbdbf8ac333d3d47c0d9ea81d7d445654431d100
affected

b3e34a47f98974d0844444c5121aaff123004e57 (git) before 5bd3c7abeb69fb4133418b846a1c6dc11313d6f0
affected

b3e34a47f98974d0844444c5121aaff123004e57 (git) before d00dd2f2645dca04cf399d8fc692f3f69b6dd996
affected

115ee42a4c2f26ba2b4ace2668a3f004621f6833 (git)
affected

f675e3a9189d84a9324ab45b0cb19906c2bc8fcb (git)
affected

Default status
affected

5.19
affected

Any version before 5.19
unaffected

5.15.87 (semver)
unaffected

6.0.19 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.5 (semver)
unaffected

6.2 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/4c71a552b97fb4f46eb300224434fe56fcf4f254

git.kernel.org/...c/554a880a1fff46dd5a355dec21cd77d542a0ddf2

git.kernel.org/...c/fbdbf8ac333d3d47c0d9ea81d7d445654431d100

git.kernel.org/...c/5bd3c7abeb69fb4133418b846a1c6dc11313d6f0

git.kernel.org/...c/d00dd2f2645dca04cf399d8fc692f3f69b6dd996

cve.org (CVE-2023-54146)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-54146)

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