CVE-2026-23137

Published: February 19, 2026Last modified: February 19, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add() In unittest_data_add(), if of_resolve_phandles() fails, the allocated unittest_data is not freed, leading to a memory leak. Fix this by using scope-based cleanup helper __free(kfree) for automatic resource cleanup. This ensures unittest_data is automatically freed when it goes out of scope in error paths. For the success path, use retain_and_null_ptr() to transfer ownership of the memory to the device tree and prevent double freeing.

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• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/235a1eb8d2dcc49a6cf0a5ee1aa85544a5d0054b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f09b0f705bd7197863b90256ef533a6414d1db2c