Bug 2100259 - backport audit_log_kern_module memleak fix from v5.19-rc3
Summary: backport audit_log_kern_module memleak fix from v5.19-rc3
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Deadline: 2022-06-27
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 8.7
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
low
Target Milestone: rc
: 8.7
Assignee: Richard Guy Briggs
QA Contact: Dennis(Zhuoheng) Li
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Depends On: 2035123
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2022-06-22 21:58 UTC by Richard Guy Briggs
Modified: 2022-11-08 12:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-4.18.0-412.el8
Doc Type: No Doc Update
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Last Closed: 2022-11-08 10:36:49 UTC
Type: Bug
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Github linux-audit audit-kernel issues 137 0 None open BUG: memory leak from __audit_log_kern_module() 2022-06-22 21:58:26 UTC
Gitlab redhat/rhel/src/kernel rhel-8 merge_requests 2985 0 None None None 2022-06-23 21:39:05 UTC
Red Hat Issue Tracker RHELPLAN-126030 0 None None None 2022-06-22 22:00:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2022:7683 0 None None None 2022-11-08 10:37:01 UTC

Description Richard Guy Briggs 2022-06-22 21:58:27 UTC 
Description of problem:
Commit: 12c5e81d3fd0 ("audit: prepare audit_context for use in calling contexts beyond syscalls")
that was backported in bz2035123 mr 1872 has an upstream fix:
stable-5.19 audit-pr-20220616 on v5.19-rc2 in v5.19-rc3 ef79c396c664 ("audit: free module name")

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
unreleased 8.7
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2022-11-08 10:36:49 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (Moderate: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:7683
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