Memory Leak Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-KERNELDOC-10238272
  • published24 May 2025
  • disclosed2 Dec 2024

Introduced: 2 Dec 2024

CVE-2024-53117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 kernel-doc to version 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-6966.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

virtio/vsock: Improve MSG_ZEROCOPY error handling

Add a missing kfree_skb() to prevent memory leaks.

CVSS Base Scores

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