Advisory [CVE-2026-53030] Fix memory leak in renesas_i3c_i3c_xfers
This security Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-53030.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i3c: master: renesas: Fix memory leak in renesas_i3c_i3c_xfers() The xfer structure allocated by renesas_i3c_alloc_xfer() was never freed in the renesas_i3c_i3c_xfers() function. Use the __free(kfree) cleanup attribute to automatically free the memory when the variable goes out of scope.
An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service by exhausting system memory resources. Red Hat severity: not rated.
Weakness: CWE-763. Red Hat lists Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 as not affected.
Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Mitigation
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