Memory Leak Affecting kernel-debug-devel package, versions <0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-KERNELDEBUGDEVEL-7983421
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40936  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 kernel-debug-devel to version 0:5.14.0-427.35.1.el9_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:6567.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debug-devel package and not the kernel-debug-devel package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()

Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.

CVSS Scores

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