CVE-2024-56572 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: platform: allegro-dvt: Fix possible memory leak in allocate_buffers_internal()
The buffer in the loop should be released under the exception path,
otherwise there may be a memory leak here.
To mitigate this, free the buffer when allegro_alloc_buffer fails.
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