Memory Leak Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <5.3.18-150200.24.203.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-KERNELDOCS-8136749
  • published1 Oct 2024
  • disclosed30 Sept 2024

Introduced: 30 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-43861  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 kernel-docs to version 5.3.18-150200.24.203.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-docs package and not the kernel-docs 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:

net: usb: qmi_wwan: fix memory leak for not ip packets

Free the unused skb when not ip packets arrive.

CVSS Scores

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