CVE-2026-43041
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: qrtr: replace qrtr_tx_flow radix_tree with xarray to fix memory leak
__radix_tree_create() allocates and links intermediate nodes into the tree one by one. If a subsequent allocation fails, the already-linked nodes remain in the tree with no corresponding leaf entry. These orphaned internal nodes are never reclaimed because radix_tree_for_each_slot() only visits slots containing leaf values.
The radix_tree API is deprecated in favor of xarray. As suggested by Matthew Wilcox, migrate qrtr_tx_flow from radix_tree to xarray instead of fixing the radix_tree itself [1]. xarray properly handles cleanup of internal nodes — xa_destroy() frees all internal xarray nodes when the qrtr_node is released, preventing the leak.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260225071623.41275-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev/T/
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.6,<5.10.253
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fda873092b541bb5a9b87d728a2429f863f8cfanvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2428083101f6883f979cceffa76cd8440751ffe6nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b75ff0aedd6ade1018ad4a3a9d8336794e36e42nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d2249eefaca59908fe3c264b8eca526424dcfbenvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/69402908e277dd164bf8d7c8fd0513c0fac28e9envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2664bc4f0f356f17c2094587a2b3665e3867e44nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2dd9aaf6e2861337f5835f877a5b2becaf4b015nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff134cc43972d7ddceff8cfd36cf6b9eaafc00b3nvdPatch
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