Resource Leak Affecting kernel-tools package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7204468
- published 4 Jun 2024
- disclosed 30 May 2024
Introduced: 30 May 2024
CVE-2024-36955 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools package and not the kernel-tools package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL: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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36955
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/722d33c442e66e4aabd3e778958d696ff3a2777e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7db626d2730d3d80fd31638169054b1e507f07bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ef6ecf98ce309b1f4e5a25cddd5965d01feea07
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd2d9641a39e6b5244230c4b41c4aca83b54b377
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c158cf914713efc3bcdc25680c7156c48c12ef6a