Resource Leak Affecting kernel-modules-extra-common package, versions <0:6.1.91-99.172.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELMODULESEXTRACOMMON-7362345
  • published25 Jun 2024
  • disclosed30 May 2024

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36959  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-modules-extra-common to version 0:6.1.91-99.172.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-643.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra-common package and not the kernel-modules-extra-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

pinctrl: devicetree: fix refcount leak in pinctrl_dt_to_map()

If we fail to allocate propname buffer, we need to drop the reference count we just took. Because the pinctrl_dt_free_maps() includes the droping operation, here we call it directly.

CVSS Scores

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