Memory Leak Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.183.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-6481817
  • published23 Mar 2024
  • disclosed18 Mar 2024

Introduced: 18 Mar 2024

CVE-2020-36777  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-default-livepatch to version 5.3.18-150200.24.183.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

media: dvbdev: Fix memory leak in dvb_media_device_free()

dvb_media_device_free() is leaking memory. Free dvbdev-&gt;adapter-&gt;conn before setting it to NULL, as documented in include/media/media-device.h: "The media_entity instance itself must be freed explicitly by the driver if required."

CVSS Scores

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