CVE-2024-36940 Affecting kernel-rt-core package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-KERNELRTCORE-7781479
  • published22 Aug 2024
  • disclosed30 May 2024

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36940  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 kernel-rt-core to version 0:4.18.0-553.16.1.rt7.357.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:5102.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-rt-core package and not the kernel-rt-core package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable()

The "pctldev" struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(). It's a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(), so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free.

The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroys the mutex as well.

CVSS Scores

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