Resource Leak Affecting kernel-tools package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLS-7803414
- published 22 Aug 2024
- disclosed 21 Aug 2024
Introduced: 21 Aug 2024
CVE-2024-43871 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-tools to version 0:4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:7000.
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:
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().
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-43871
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3047f99caec240a88ccd06197af2868da1af6a96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dcd0673e47664bc6c719ad47dadac6d55d5950d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/700e8abd65b10792b2f179ce4e858f2ca2880f85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95065edb8ebb27771d5f1e898eef6ab43dc6c87c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b044588a16a978cd891cb3d665dd7ae06850d5bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b67552d7c61f52f1271031adfa7834545ae99701
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd50a974097bb82d52a458bd3ee39fb723129a0c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef56dcdca8f2a53abc3a83d388b8336447533d85