CVE-2024-27077 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime47 documents8 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.0OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
8
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+5 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 1
Latest updateJul 26

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity The entity->name (i.e. name) is allocated in v4l2_m2m_register_entity but isn't freed in its following error-handling paths. This patch adds such deallocation to prevent memleak of entity->name.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.19 — 4.19.311+7
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.216-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-189.209+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxbe2fff656322e82f215730839063c2c2ca73d14b — 3dd8abb0ed0e0a7c66d6d677c86ccb188cc39333+9
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.85-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

22
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2024-07-26
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OSV
linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-iot vulnerabilities↗2024-07-23
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OSV
linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2024-07-19
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OSV
linux-oracle, linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities↗2024-07-17
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OSV
linux-hwe-5.4, linux-oracle-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2024-07-16
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📋Vendor Advisories

23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-26
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-23
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-19
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-17
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-07-16
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2024-27077 kernel: media: v4l2-mem2mem: fix a memleak in v4l2_m2m_register_entity↗2024-05-01
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