CVE-2024-56546Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateMay 26

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: soc: xilinx: add the missing kfree in xlnx_add_cb_for_suspend() If we fail to allocate memory for cb_data by kmalloc, the memory allocation for eve_data is never freed, add the missing kfree() in the error handling path.

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 Packages6 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.196.1.120+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.123-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-58.60+1
CVEListV5linux/linux05e5ba40ea7ab6a99bb8d6117c899d0e13ca8700272168927f38bda46f6c1ed5f40de97689e7a5d2+5
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.123-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

14
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-05-26
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-05-20
OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-04-28
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-04-24
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracl2025-04-23

📋Vendor Advisories

14
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-05-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-05-20
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities2025-04-28
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-04-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-04-23