PT-2025-54000 · Linux · Linux Kernel
Published
2025-12-30
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Updated
2026-03-24
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CVE-2023-54171
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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak exists when reading the 'trace pipe' file within the Linux kernel's tracing subsystem. Specifically, the
iter->temp memory is allocated or relocated in the trace find next entry() function but is not freed before the 'trace pipe' is closed. This can lead to unreferenced objects and a memory leak, as reported by kmemleak. The vulnerable function is trace find next entry().Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Affected Products
Linux Kernel