Memory Leak Affecting kernel-docs package, versions <6.4.0-150600.23.38.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-KERNELDOCS-8726474
  • published14 Feb 2025
  • disclosed13 Feb 2025

Introduced: 13 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-56746  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-401  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 kernel-docs to version 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 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:15.6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

fbdev: sh7760fb: Fix a possible memory leak in sh7760fb_alloc_mem()

When information such as info->screen_base is not ready, calling sh7760fb_free_mem() does not release memory correctly. Call dma_free_coherent() instead.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1