Memory Leak Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package, versions <0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESCORE-8344472
  • published6 Nov 2024
  • disclosed21 Aug 2024

Introduced: 21 Aug 2024

CVE-2022-48885  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-core to version 0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2458.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-core package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ice: Fix potential memory leak in ice_gnss_tty_write()

The ice_gnss_tty_write() return directly if the write_buf alloc failed, leaking the cmd_buf.

Fix by free cmd_buf if write_buf alloc failed.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1