CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-43041
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: qrtr: replace qrtr_tx_flow radix_tree with xarray to fix memory leak
__radix_tree_create() allocates and links intermediate nodes into the
tree one by one. If a subsequent allocation fails, the already-linked
nodes remain in the tree with no corresponding leaf entry. These orphaned
internal nodes are never reclaimed because radix_tree_for_each_slot()
only visits slots containing leaf values.
The radix_tree API is deprecated in favor of xarray. As suggested by
Matthew Wilcox, migrate qrtr_tx_flow from radix_tree to xarray instead
of fixing the radix_tree itself [1]. xarray properly handles cleanup of
internal nodes — xa_destroy() frees all internal xarray nodes when the
qrtr_node is released, preventing the leak.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.6 < 5.10.253)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.203)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.168)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.134)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.81)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.22)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.12)
• linux linux kernel 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fda873092b541bb5a9b87d728a2429f863f8cfa Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2428083101f6883f979cceffa76cd8440751ffe6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b75ff0aedd6ade1018ad4a3a9d8336794e36e42 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d2249eefaca59908fe3c264b8eca526424dcfbe Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69402908e277dd164bf8d7c8fd0513c0fac28e9e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2664bc4f0f356f17c2094587a2b3665e3867e44 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2dd9aaf6e2861337f5835f877a5b2becaf4b015 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff134cc43972d7ddceff8cfd36cf6b9eaafc00b3 Patch