Resource Leak Affecting kernel-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-KERNELDEVEL-7204325
  • published4 Jun 2024
  • disclosed30 May 2024

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36955  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 kernel-devel.

NVD Description

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

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

ALSA: hda: intel-sdw-acpi: fix usage of device_get_named_child_node()

The documentation for device_get_named_child_node() mentions this important point:

" The caller is responsible for calling fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode pointer. "

Add fwnode_handle_put() to avoid a leaked reference.

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