Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-26878  

drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).

Description

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

drivers/bluetooth/virtio_bt.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3 has a memory leak (socket buffers have memory allocated but not freed).

Additional Information

  • Bugzilla 2064113: CVE-2022-26878 kernel: Memory leak in Linux VirtIO Bluetooth driver
  • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2022-26878