Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
How to prevent it (3 mitigations)
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Implementation
Choose a language or tool that provides automatic memory management, or makes manual memory management less error-prone.
For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.
When using Xcode to target OS X or iOS, enable automatic reference counting (ARC) [REF-391].
To help correctly and consistently manage memory when programming in C++, consider using a smart pointer class such as std::auto_ptr (defined by ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 14882:2003), std::shared_ptr and std::unique_ptr (specified by an upcoming revision of the C++ standard, informally referred to as C++ 1x), or equivalent solutions such as Boost.
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Architecture and Design
Use an abstraction library to abstract away risky APIs. Not a complete solution.
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Architecture and Design, Build and Compilation
Consider using the Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector (bdwgc), which can help avoid leaks.
Source: MITRE CWE-401
789 results · Feed
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Medium 5.5
wifi: ath10k: Fix memory leak in management tx
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath10k: Fix memory leak in management tx In the current logic, memory is allocated for storing the MSDU context during management packet TX but this memory is not being freed during man…
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Medium 5.5
iio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table() modprobe iio-test-gts and rmmod it, then the following memory leak occurs: unreferenced object 0xffffff80c810be00 (size …
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Medium 5.5
drm/connector: hdmi: Fix memory leak in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/connector: hdmi: Fix memory leak in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() modprobe drm_connector_test and then rmmod drm_connector_test, the following memory leak occurs. The `mode` allocated i…
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Medium 5.5
drm/tests: hdmi: Fix memory leaks in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/tests: hdmi: Fix memory leaks in drm_display_mode_from_cea_vic() modprobe drm_hdmi_state_helper_test and then rmmod it, the following memory leak occurs. The `mode` allocated in drm_mode_…
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Medium 5.5
pinctrl: intel: platform: fix error path in device_for_each_child_node()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: intel: platform: fix error path in device_for_each_child_node() The device_for_each_child_node() loop requires calls to fwnode_handle_put() upon early returns to decrement the refcou…
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Medium 5.5
ice: fix memleak in ice_init_tx_topology()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix memleak in ice_init_tx_topology() Fix leak of the FW blob (DDP pkg). Make ice_cfg_tx_topo() const-correct, so ice_init_tx_topology() can avoid copying whole FW blob. Copy just the to…
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Medium 5.5
RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a possible memory leak
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Fix a possible memory leak In bnxt_re_setup_chip_ctx() when bnxt_qplib_map_db_bar() fails driver is not freeing the memory allocated for "rdev->chip_ctx".
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Medium 5.5
net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: systemport: fix potential memory leak in bcm_sysport_xmit() The bcm_sysport_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of dma_map_single() fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix …
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High 7.5
net: bcmasp: fix potential memory leak in bcmasp_xmit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmasp: fix potential memory leak in bcmasp_xmit() The bcmasp_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of mapping fails, add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it.
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Medium 5.5
net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sun3_82586: fix potential memory leak in sun3_82586_send_packet() The sun3_82586_send_packet() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of skb->len being too long, add dev_kfree_s…
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Medium 5.5
be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: be2net: fix potential memory leak in be_xmit() The be_xmit() returns NETDEV_TX_OK without freeing skb in case of be_xmit_enqueue() fails, add dev_kfree_skb_any() to fix it.
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High 7.8
bpf: Preserve param->string when parsing mount options
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Preserve param->string when parsing mount options In bpf_parse_param(), keep the value of param->string intact so it can be freed later. Otherwise, the kmalloc area pointed to by param->…
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Medium 5.5
mm/damon/tests/sysfs-kunit.h: fix memory leak in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/tests/sysfs-kunit.h: fix memory leak in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets() The sysfs_target->regions allocated in damon_sysfs_regions_alloc() is not freed in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets…
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Medium 6.5
Junos OS: MX Series: Trio-based FPCs: Continuous physical Interface flaps causes local FPC to crash
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Packet Forwarding Engine (PFE) of the Juniper Networks Junos OS on the MX Series platforms with Trio-based FPCs allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to cause a Denial of Service…
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High 7.2
Memory leak
In Eclipse Mosquitto up to version 2.0.18a, an attacker can achieve memory leaking, segmentation fault or heap-use-after-free by sending specific sequences of "CONNECT", "DISCONNECT", "SUBSCRIBE", "UNSUBSCRIBE" and "PUBLISH" packets.
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Low 3.3
Liteos_a has an Memory Leak vulnerability
in OpenHarmony v4.1.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause DOS by memory leak.
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High 8.6
Cisco IOS XR Software Packet Memory Exhaustion Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the multicast traceroute version 2 (Mtrace2) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust the UDP packet memory of an affected device. This vulnerability exists because the Mtrace2 code does no…
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High 7.5
Memory leak when calling a canister method via `ic_cdk::call`
When a canister method is called via ic_cdk::call* , a new Future CallFuture is created and can be awaited by the caller to get the execution result. Internally, the state of the Future is tracked and stored in a struct called CallFutureState. A bug in the po…
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Medium 5.3
Apache CXF: Unrestricted memory consumption in CXF HTTP clients
In versions of Apache CXF before 3.6.4 and 4.0.5 (3.5.x and lower versions are not impacted), a CXF HTTP client conduit may prevent HTTPClient instances from being garbage collected and it is possible that memory consumption will continue to increase, eventua…
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Medium 6.5
Junos OS: MX Series with SPC3 line card: Port flaps causes rtlogd memory leak leading to Denial of Service
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the rtlogd process of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3 allows an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to trigger internal events cause ( which can be done by repeated port fla…
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High 7.5
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Receipt of malformed BGP path attributes leads to a memory leak
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the routing process daemon (rpd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an attacker to send a malformed BGP Path attribute update which allocates memory used to log the ba…
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Medium 5.3
Junos OS: MX Series: Continuous subscriber logins will lead to a memory leak and eventually an FPC crash
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). In a subscriber management scenario continuous subscriber logins will …
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Medium 5.3
Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: Flaps of BFD sessions with authentication cause a ppmd memory leak
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the Periodic Packet Management Daemon (ppmd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS). When a BFD ses…
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Medium 6.2
ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: sr: fix missing sk_buff release in seg6_input_core The seg6_input() function is responsible for adding the SRH into a packet, delegating the operation to the seg6_input_core(). This fun…
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Medium 5.3
Undertow: learningpushhandler can lead to remote memory dos attacks
A vulnerability was found in Undertow. This issue requires enabling the learning-push handler in the server's config, which is disabled by default, leaving the maxAge config in the handler unconfigured. The default is -1, which makes the handler vulnerable. I…
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Medium 6.1CVE-2022-25479 Public exploit
Vulnerability in Realtek RtsPer driver for PCIe Card Reader (RtsPer.sys) before 10.0.22000.21355 and Realtek RtsUer dri…
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High 7.5
can: m_can: m_can_read_fifo: fix memory leak in error branch
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: m_can: m_can_read_fifo: fix memory leak in error branch In m_can_read_fifo(), if the second call to m_can_fifo_read() fails, the function jump to the out_fail label and returns without c…
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Medium 4.3
D-Link DIR-3040 prog.cgi websSecurityHandler Memory Leak Denial-of-Service Vulnerability
D-Link DIR-3040 prog.cgi websSecurityHandler Memory Leak Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of D-Link DIR-3040 routers. Authentication is not …
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Medium 5.9
BTreeMap memory leak when deallocating nodes with overflows
When storing unbounded types in a BTreeMap, a node is represented as a linked list of "memory chunks". It was discovered recently that when we deallocate a node, in some cases only the first memory chunk is deallocated, and the rest of the memory chunks remai…
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Medium 6.6
rpmsg: virtio: Free driver_override when rpmsg_remove()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpmsg: virtio: Free driver_override when rpmsg_remove() Free driver_override when rpmsg_remove(), otherwise the following memory leak will occur: unreferenced object 0xffff0000d55d7080 (size …
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Medium 5.5
drm/lima: fix a memleak in lima_heap_alloc
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/lima: fix a memleak in lima_heap_alloc When lima_vm_map_bo fails, the resources need to be deallocated, or there will be memleaks.
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Medium 6.2
An out-of-memory condition during object initialization could result in an empty shape list. If the JIT subsequently tr…
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Medium 6.5
Junos OS: MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series: If specific IPsec parameters are negotiated iked will crash due to a memory leak
A Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in the IKE daemon (iked) of Juniper Networks Junos OS on MX Series with SPC3, and SRX Series allows an administratively adjacent attacker which is able to successfully establish IPsec tunnels …
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Medium 5.5
af_unix: Call kfree_skb() for dead unix_(sk)->oob_skb in GC.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Call kfree_skb() for dead unix_(sk)->oob_skb in GC. syzbot reported a warning [0] in __unix_gc() with a repro, which creates a socketpair and sends one socket's fd to itself using th…
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Medium 6.5
Io.vertx/vertx-core: memory leak due to the use of netty fastthreadlocal data structures in vertx
A vulnerability in the Eclipse Vert.x toolkit results in a memory leak due to using Netty FastThreadLocal data structures. Specifically, when the Vert.x HTTP client establishes connections to different hosts, triggering the memory leak. The leak can be accele…
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High 7.5
Golang-fips/openssl: memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting rsa payloads
A memory leak flaw was found in Golang in the RSA encrypting/decrypting code, which might lead to a resource exhaustion vulnerability using attacker-controlled inputs. The memory leak happens in github.com/golang-fips/openssl/openssl/rsa.go#L113. The objects…
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High 7.5
Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability in Microsoft QUIC
### Impact The MsQuic server will continue to leak memory until no more is available, resulting in a denial of service. ### Patches The following patch was made: - Fix Memory Leak from Multiple Decodes of TP - https://github.com/microsoft/msquic/commit/5d070d…
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High 7.5
Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference in Data Modem
Transient DOS while processing multiple IKEV2 Informational Request to device from IPSEC server with different identifiers.
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High 7.5
Improper Release of Memory Before Removing Last Reference in Data Modem
Transient DOS while processing IE fragments from server during DTLS handshake.
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Medium 4.3
mt76: mt7921: fix memory leak in mt7921_coredump_work
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7921: fix memory leak in mt7921_coredump_work Fix possible memory leak in mt7921_coredump_work.