Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe

kmemleak reports:
unreferenced object 0xffff88814d14e200 (size 256):
comm "cat", pid 336, jiffies 4294871818 (age 779.490s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
04 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
0c d8 c8 9b ff ff ff ff 04 5a ca 9b ff ff ff ff .........Z......
backtrace:
[<ffffffff9bdff18f>] __kmalloc+0x4f/0x140
[<ffffffff9bc9238b>] trace_find_next_entry+0xbb/0x1d0
[<ffffffff9bc9caef>] trace_print_lat_context+0xaf/0x4e0
[<ffffffff9bc94490>] print_trace_line+0x3e0/0x950
[<ffffffff9bc95499>] tracing_read_pipe+0x2d9/0x5a0
[<ffffffff9bf03a43>] vfs_read+0x143/0x520
[<ffffffff9bf04c2d>] ksys_read+0xbd/0x160
[<ffffffff9d0f0edf>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90
[<ffffffff9d2000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8

when reading file 'trace_pipe', 'iter->temp' is allocated or relocated
in trace_find_next_entry() but not freed before 'trace_pipe' is closed.

To fix it, free 'iter->temp' in tracing_release_pipe().
Published: 2025-12-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe kmemleak reports: unreferenced object 0xffff88814d14e200 (size 256): comm "cat", pid 336, jiffies 4294871818 (age 779.490s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 04 00 01 03 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 0c d8 c8 9b ff ff ff ff 04 5a ca 9b ff ff ff ff .........Z...... backtrace: [<ffffffff9bdff18f>] __kmalloc+0x4f/0x140 [<ffffffff9bc9238b>] trace_find_next_entry+0xbb/0x1d0 [<ffffffff9bc9caef>] trace_print_lat_context+0xaf/0x4e0 [<ffffffff9bc94490>] print_trace_line+0x3e0/0x950 [<ffffffff9bc95499>] tracing_read_pipe+0x2d9/0x5a0 [<ffffffff9bf03a43>] vfs_read+0x143/0x520 [<ffffffff9bf04c2d>] ksys_read+0xbd/0x160 [<ffffffff9d0f0edf>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [<ffffffff9d2000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8 when reading file 'trace_pipe', 'iter->temp' is allocated or relocated in trace_find_next_entry() but not freed before 'trace_pipe' is closed. To fix it, free 'iter->temp' in tracing_release_pipe().
Title tracing: Fix memory leak of iter->temp when reading trace_pipe
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T19:56:49.388Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:06:44.496Z

Link: CVE-2023-54171

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:04.940

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2023-54171

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-54171 - Bugzilla

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