In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg()

syzbot reported a memory leak like below:

BUG: memory leak
unreferenced object 0xffff88810b088c00 (size 240):
comm "syz-executor186", pid 5012, jiffies 4294943306 (age 13.680s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 89 08 0b 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<ffffffff83e5d5ff>] __alloc_skb+0x1ef/0x230 net/core/skbuff.c:634
[<ffffffff84606e59>] alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1289 [inline]
[<ffffffff84606e59>] kcm_sendmsg+0x269/0x1050 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:815
[<ffffffff83e479c6>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline]
[<ffffffff83e479c6>] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0xb0 net/socket.c:748
[<ffffffff83e47f55>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x365/0x470 net/socket.c:2494
[<ffffffff83e4c389>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xc9/0x130 net/socket.c:2548
[<ffffffff83e4c536>] __sys_sendmsg+0xa6/0x120 net/socket.c:2577
[<ffffffff84ad7bb8>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
[<ffffffff84ad7bb8>] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
[<ffffffff84c0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

In kcm_sendmsg(), kcm_tx_msg(head)->last_skb is used as a cursor to append
newly allocated skbs to 'head'. If some bytes are copied, an error occurred,
and jumped to out_error label, 'last_skb' is left unmodified. A later
kcm_sendmsg() will use an obsoleted 'last_skb' reference, corrupting the
'head' frag_list and causing the leak.

This patch fixes this issue by properly updating the last allocated skb in
'last_skb'.

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg() syzbot reported a memory leak like below: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810b088c00 (size 240): comm "syz-executor186", pid 5012, jiffies 4294943306 (age 13.680s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 89 08 0b 81 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff83e5d5ff>] __alloc_skb+0x1ef/0x230 net/core/skbuff.c:634 [<ffffffff84606e59>] alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1289 [inline] [<ffffffff84606e59>] kcm_sendmsg+0x269/0x1050 net/kcm/kcmsock.c:815 [<ffffffff83e479c6>] sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:725 [inline] [<ffffffff83e479c6>] sock_sendmsg+0x56/0xb0 net/socket.c:748 [<ffffffff83e47f55>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x365/0x470 net/socket.c:2494 [<ffffffff83e4c389>] ___sys_sendmsg+0xc9/0x130 net/socket.c:2548 [<ffffffff83e4c536>] __sys_sendmsg+0xa6/0x120 net/socket.c:2577 [<ffffffff84ad7bb8>] do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] [<ffffffff84ad7bb8>] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 [<ffffffff84c0008b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd In kcm_sendmsg(), kcm_tx_msg(head)->last_skb is used as a cursor to append newly allocated skbs to 'head'. If some bytes are copied, an error occurred, and jumped to out_error label, 'last_skb' is left unmodified. A later kcm_sendmsg() will use an obsoleted 'last_skb' reference, corrupting the 'head' frag_list and causing the leak. This patch fixes this issue by properly updating the last allocated skb in 'last_skb'.
Title kcm: Fix memory leak in error path of kcm_sendmsg()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-24T13:06:34.854Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:52.518Z

Link: CVE-2023-54112

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:13.103

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:34.503

Link: CVE-2023-54112

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Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54112 - Bugzilla

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