Double Free Affecting kernel-default package, versions <5.3.18-150300.59.188.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-KERNELDEFAULT-8649858
  • published22 Jan 2025
  • disclosed21 Jan 2025

Introduced: 21 Jan 2025

NewCVE-2024-56704  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 kernel-default to version 5.3.18-150300.59.188.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default package and not the kernel-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

9p/xen: fix release of IRQ

Kernel logs indicate an IRQ was double-freed.

Pass correct device ID during IRQ release.

[Dominique: remove confusing variable reset to 0]

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