Memory Leak Affecting rtla 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
0.24% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-RTLA-10234524
  • published24 May 2025
  • disclosed21 Aug 2024

Introduced: 21 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-43871  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 rtla 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 rtla package and not the rtla 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:

devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu()

It will cause memory leakage when use driver API devm_free_percpu() to free memory allocated by devm_alloc_percpu(), fixed by using devres_release() instead of devres_destroy() within devm_free_percpu().

CVSS Base Scores

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