Bug 2320682 (CVE-2022-48968)

Summary: CVE-2022-48968 kernel: octeontx2-pf: Fix potential memory leak in otx2_init_tc()
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A flaw was found in the rvu_nicpf module in the Linux kernel. A memory leak can occur due to an improper error handling, potentially impacting system performance and possibly resulting in a denial of service.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 21:02:31 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

octeontx2-pf: Fix potential memory leak in otx2_init_tc()

In otx2_init_tc(), if rhashtable_init() failed, it does not free
tc->tc_entries_bitmap which is allocated in otx2_tc_alloc_ent_bitmap().
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-10-22 08:18:43 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102144-CVE-2022-48968-9b4a@gregkh/T