CVE-2024-26655

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.7-6.7.11, 6.8-6.8.2 - Use-After-Free in posix_clock_open()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open() If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock. Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 17.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (16)
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.7.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.8.0 - 6.8.3linux
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 221e4d1e29bb442ac4c47bc8ee095abf009ee8f3 - ea2d9bfd422e92fd197f6a0b1fe7d81413b871e0
Linux/Linux 6.7
Linux/Linux 6.7.12 - 6.7.*
Linux/Linux 6.8.3 - 6.8.*
Linux/Linux 6.9
Linux/Linux 60c6946675fc06dd2fd2b7a4b6fd1c1f046f1056 - 0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f3847
Linux/Linux 60c6946675fc06dd2fd2b7a4b6fd1c1f046f1056 - 5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8
... and 6 more
Published Apr 01, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026