Bug 2439844 (CVE-2026-23137)

Summary: CVE-2026-23137 kernel: of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-14 16:01:23 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

of: unittest: Fix memory leak in unittest_data_add()

In unittest_data_add(), if of_resolve_phandles() fails, the allocated
unittest_data is not freed, leading to a memory leak.

Fix this by using scope-based cleanup helper __free(kfree) for automatic
resource cleanup. This ensures unittest_data is automatically freed when
it goes out of scope in error paths.

For the success path, use retain_and_null_ptr() to transfer ownership
of the memory to the device tree and prevent double freeing.