CVE-2024-40936 Affecting kernel-64k-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4
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- published 4 Nov 2024
- disclosed 11 Sep 2024
Introduced: 11 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-40936 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 kernel-64k-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:6567.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-devel package and not the kernel-64k-devel package as distributed by AlmaLinux.
See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()
Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.
References
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-6567.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40936
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6567
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ba7b515c4c0719b866d16f068e62d16a8a3dd1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb5d8746381c82f7e0fb6171094d375b492f266
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8316838aa0686da63a8be4194b7a17b0103ae4a