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Double Free Affecting kernel-tools-devel package, versions <0:4.14.348-265.562.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-KERNELTOOLSDEVEL-7447692
  • published 13 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 30 May 2024
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Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36940 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-415 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 kernel-tools-devel to version 0:4.14.348-265.562.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2581.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-devel package and not the kernel-tools-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()

The "pctldev" struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(). It's a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(), so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free.

The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroys the mutex as well.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

2.3 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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SUSE

7.1 high