Resource Leak Affecting kernel-modules-core 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
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELMODULESCORE-6621240
  • published18 Apr 2024
  • disclosed17 Apr 2024

Introduced: 17 Apr 2024

CVE-2023-52643  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-modules-core 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-modules-core package and not the kernel-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:

iio: core: fix memleak in iio_device_register_sysfs

When iio_device_register_sysfs_group() fails, we should free iio_dev_opaque->chan_attr_group.attrs to prevent potential memleak.

CVSS Scores

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