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Free it before returning.\n\nThis bug was discovered and resolved using Coverity Static Analysis\nSecurity Testing (SAST) by Synopsys, Inc."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/core/skbuff.c"],"versions":[{"version":"281072fb2a7294cde7acbf5375b879f40a8001b7","lessThan":"82501f1ead557cbee1c2467654ec109a80334d22","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1f69c086b20e27763af28145981435423f088268","lessThan":"779332447108545ef04682ea29af5f85c0202aee","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"602fa8af44fd55a58f9e94eb673e8adad2c6cc46","lessThan":"58766252f6b2c0487cda6976a53d2bb03ae28e2a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"230a5ed7d813fb516de81d23f09d7506753e41e9","lessThan":"a594382ec6d0cc8cff5a8bc7e61b54e3858fb243","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"43e4197dd5f6b474a8b16f8b6a42cd45cf4f9d1a","lessThan":"e06841a2abf9c82735cee39e88b1d79464088840","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"cb52e7f24c1d01a536a847dff0d1d95889cc3b5c","lessThan":"cc18b4685910d5d9de8314bae9c55790701b1811","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"426384dd4980040651536fef5feac4dcc4d7ee4e","lessThan":"f4d928c00254cfc9dd0ee7076f4a59bceec675f4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"50749f2dd6854a41830996ad302aef2ffaf011d8","lessThan":"8a02fb71d7192ff1a9a47c9d937624966c6e09af","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"30290f210ba7426ff7592fe2eb4114b1b5bad219","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["net/core/skbuff.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.14.315","lessThan":"4.14.316","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.19.283","lessThan":"4.19.284","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.4.243","lessThan":"5.4.244","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.180","lessThan":"5.10.181","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.111","lessThan":"5.15.114","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.28","lessThan":"6.1.31","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.3.2","lessThan":"6.3.5","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.14.315","versionEndExcluding":"4.14.316"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.19.283","versionEndExcluding":"4.19.284"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.4.243","versionEndExcluding":"5.4.244"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.10.180","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.181"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15.111","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.114"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.1.28","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.31"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.3.2","versionEndExcluding":"6.3.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.2.15"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82501f1ead557cbee1c2467654ec109a80334d22"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779332447108545ef04682ea29af5f85c0202aee"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58766252f6b2c0487cda6976a53d2bb03ae28e2a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a594382ec6d0cc8cff5a8bc7e61b54e3858fb243"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e06841a2abf9c82735cee39e88b1d79464088840"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc18b4685910d5d9de8314bae9c55790701b1811"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4d928c00254cfc9dd0ee7076f4a59bceec675f4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a02fb71d7192ff1a9a47c9d937624966c6e09af"}],"title":"net: fix skb leak in __skb_tstamp_tx()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}