CVE-2021-47467

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When kunit_alloc_and_get_resource() is invoked, the\nfunction forgets to handle the returned resource object, whose refcount\nincreased inside, causing a refcount leak.\n\nFix this issue by calling kunit_alloc_resource() instead of\nkunit_alloc_and_get_resource().\n\nFixed the following when applying:\nShuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org>\n\nCHECK: Alignment should match open parenthesis\n+\tkunit_alloc_resource(test, NULL, kfree_res_free, GFP_KERNEL,\n \t\t\t\t (void *)to_free);"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se resolvi\u00f3 la siguiente vulnerabilidad: kunit: corrige la fuga del recuento de referencias en kfree_at_end El problema del recuento de referencias ocurre en la ruta normal de kfree_at_end(). Cuando se invoca kunit_alloc_and_get_resource(), la funci\u00f3n se olvida de manejar el objeto de recurso devuelto, cuyo recuento aument\u00f3 en el interior, lo que provoca una fuga de recuento. 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