Double Free Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-7416085
  • published2 Jul 2024
  • disclosed2 Jul 2024

Introduced: 2 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-35835  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:4211.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5e: fix a double-free in arfs_create_groups

When in allocated by kvzalloc fails, arfs_create_groups will free ft->g and return an error. However, arfs_create_table, the only caller of arfs_create_groups, will hold this error and call to mlx5e_destroy_flow_table, in which the ft->g will be freed again.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1