CVE-2024-26655

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.7.12 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

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.

References (7)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2d9bfd422e92fd197f6a0b1fe7d81413b871e0

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f845cfa1a5ae697782bfcb843c9d06d3bc0cbbb6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f3847

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375abf52353ca5e1a2e5f763629a870f91d0c38a

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a5adf57b56ee94075c889abea518b9dc66895d

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88649b49523e8cbe95254440d803e38c19d2341

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status draft

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.7.12

linux/linux_kernel

linux/Kernel < 6.7.12linux

linux/Kernel < 6.8.3linux

Timeline

Published Apr 01, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026