Resource Leak Affecting kernel-64k-modules package, versions <0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KMODULES-7350493
  • published22 Jun 2024
  • disclosed21 Jun 2024

Introduced: 21 Jun 2024

CVE-2024-38632  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-64k-modules to version 0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:9315.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-modules package and not the kernel-64k-modules 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:

vfio/pci: fix potential memory leak in vfio_intx_enable()

If vfio_irq_ctx_alloc() failed will lead to 'name' memory leak.

CVSS Scores

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