Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting kernel-uki-virt 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% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELUKIVIRT-8665078
  • published29 Jan 2025
  • disclosed21 Aug 2024

Introduced: 21 Aug 2024

CVE-2023-52905  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-772  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 kernel-uki-virt 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-uki-virt package and not the kernel-uki-virt 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-pf: Fix resource leakage in VF driver unbind

resources allocated like mcam entries to support the Ntuple feature and hash tables for the tc feature are not getting freed in driver unbind. This patch fixes the issue.

CVSS Scores

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