CVE-2024-1394 – Golang-fips/openssl: memory leaks in code encrypting and decrypting rsa payloads

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2024-1394

21 Mar 2024 — A memory leak flaw was found in Golang in the RSA encrypting/decrypting code, which might lead to a resource exhaustion vulnerability using attacker-controlled inputs​. The memory leak happens in github.com/golang-fips/openssl/openssl/rsa.go#L113. The objects leaked are pkey​ and ctx​. That function uses named return parameters to free pkey​ and ctx​ if there is an error initializing the context or setting the different properties. All return statements related to error cases follow the "return nil, nil, fa... • https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1462 • CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime •