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{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring: fix filename leak in __io_openat_prep()\n\n __io_openat_prep() allocates a struct filename using getname(). However,\nfor the condition of the file being installed in the fixed file table as\nwell as having O_CLOEXEC flag set, the function returns early. At that\npoint, the request doesn't have REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP flag set. Due to this,\nthe memory for the newly allocated struct filename is not cleaned up,\ncausing a memory leak.\n\nFix this by setting the REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP for the request just after the\nsuccessful getname() call, so that when the request is torn down, the\nfilename will be cleaned up, along with other resources needing cleanup."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nio_uring: corregir fuga de filename en __io_openat_prep()\n\n__io_openat_prep() asigna una estructura filename usando getname(). Sin embargo, para la condici\u00f3n de que el archivo est\u00e9 instalado en la tabla de archivos fija, as\u00ed como de tener la bandera O_CLOEXEC establecida, la funci\u00f3n retorna prematuramente. En ese punto, la solicitud no tiene la bandera REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP establecida. Debido a esto, la memoria para la estructura filename reci\u00e9n asignada no se limpia, causando una fuga de memoria.\n\nSolucione esto estableciendo la bandera REQ_F_NEED_CLEANUP para la solicitud justo despu\u00e9s de la llamada exitosa a getname(), de modo que cuando la solicitud sea desmantelada, el filename ser\u00e1 limpiado, junto con otros recursos que necesiten limpieza."}], "id": "CVE-2025-68814", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-01-13T16:16:03.643", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18b99fa603d0df5e1c898699c17d3b92ddc80746"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2420ef01b2e836fbc05a0a8c73a1016504eb0458"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fbfb85b05bc960cc50e09d03e5e562131e48d45"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f44c4a550570cd5903625133f938c6b51310c9b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14fad555302a2104948feaff70503b64c80ac01"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e232269d511566b1f80872256a48593acc1becf4"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

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