Double Free 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
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELMODULESCORE-7180746
  • published3 Jun 2024
  • disclosed30 May 2024

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36030  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (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:

octeontx2-af: fix the double free in rvu_npc_freemem()

Clang static checker(scan-build) warning: drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c:line 2184, column 2 Attempt to free released memory.

npc_mcam_rsrcs_deinit() has released 'mcam->counters.bmap'. Deleted this redundant kfree() to fix this double free problem.

CVSS Scores

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