] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x19f/0x3a0 [<0000000079f6e2ff>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x150 [<0000000026aae54f>] kvasprintf_const+0x60/0x190 [<00000000f323a5f7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000004e35abdd>] dev_set_name+0xc0/0x100 [<00000000f20cfe25>] ptp_clock_register+0x9f4/0xd30 [ptp] [<000000008bb9f0de>] idt82p33_probe.cold+0x8b6/0x1561 [ptp_idt82p33] When posix_clock_register() returns an error, the name allocated in dev_set_name() will be leaked, the put_device() should be used to give up the device reference, then the name will be freed in kobject_cleanup() and other memory will be freed in ptp_clock_release(). "> ] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x19f/0x3a0,[<0000000079f6e2ff>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x150,[<0000000026aae54f>],kvasprintf_const+0x60/0x190 [<00000000f323a5f7>],kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000004e35abdd>],dev_set_name+0xc0/0x100,[<00000000f20cfe25>] ptp_clock_register+0x9f4/0xd30,[ptp],[<000000008bb9f0de>] idt82p33_probe.cold+0x8b6/0x1561,[ptp_idt82p33],When posix_clock_register(),returns,an,error,,the,name,allocated,in dev_set_name(),will,be,leaked,,the,put_device(),should,be,used,to,give up,the,device,reference,,then,the,name,will,be,freed,in kobject_cleanup(),and,other,memory,will,be,freed,in ptp_clock_release(). "> SecuritySpace - CVE-2021-47455
 
 
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CVE ID:CVE-2021-47455
Description:In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: Fix possible memory leak in ptp_clock_register() I got memory leak as follows when doing fault injection test: unreferenced object 0xffff88800906c618 (size 8): comm "i2c-idt82p33931", pid 4421, jiffies 4294948083 (age 13.188s) hex dump (first 8 bytes): 70 74 70 30 00 00 00 00 ptp0.... backtrace: [<00000000312ed458>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x19f/0x3a0 [<0000000079f6e2ff>] kvasprintf+0xb5/0x150 [<0000000026aae54f>] kvasprintf_const+0x60/0x190 [<00000000f323a5f7>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000004e35abdd>] dev_set_name+0xc0/0x100 [<00000000f20cfe25>] ptp_clock_register+0x9f4/0xd30 [ptp] [<000000008bb9f0de>] idt82p33_probe.cold+0x8b6/0x1561 [ptp_idt82p33] When posix_clock_register() returns an error, the name allocated in dev_set_name() will be leaked, the put_device() should be used to give up the device reference, then the name will be freed in kobject_cleanup() and other memory will be freed in ptp_clock_release().
Test IDs: None available
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-47455
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4225fea1cb28370086e17e82c0f69bec2779dca0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4225fea1cb28370086e17e82c0f69bec2779dca0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c0a0c5ec8839f8f21672be786e87a100319ca8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95c0a0c5ec8839f8f21672be786e87a100319ca8




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