Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ppp: fix memory leak in pad_compress_skb If alloc_skb() fails in pad_compress_skb(), it returns NULL without releasing the old skb. The caller does: skb = pad_compress_skb(ppp, skb); if (!skb) goto drop; drop: kfree_skb(skb); When pad_compress_skb() returns NULL, the reference to the old skb is lost and kfree_skb(skb) ends up doing nothing, leading to a memory leak. Align pad_compress_skb() semantics with realloc(): only free the old skb if allocation and compression succeed. At the call site, use the new_skb variable so the original skb is not lost when pad_compress_skb() fails.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel; debian: debian linux
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b21e9cd4559102da798bdcba453b64ecd7be7ee Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8b354eafb8876d8bdb1bef69c7d2438aacfbe8 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/33a5bac5f14772730d2caf632ae97b6c2ee95044 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4844123fe0b853a4982c02666cb3fd863d701d50 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/631fc8ab5beb9e0ec8651fb9875b9a968e7b4ae4 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/85c1c86a67e09143aa464e9bf09c397816772348 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/87a35a36742df328d0badf4fbc2e56061c15846c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ca6a040f76c0b149293e430dabab446f3fc8ab7 Patch
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 6 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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