CVE-2024-53202
5.5MEDIUMIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info() The alg instance should be released under the exception path
Published: 12/27/2024Updated: 10/1/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info() The alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be resource leak here. To mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc fails.
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Affected Products
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/369a9c046c2fdfe037f05b43b84c386bdbccc103Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/789a72498d32f88d24371c10985aceb46397056cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb5d67d00ad17a5bd0920f455160dc2ccbd2dc78Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f380f895dbb2a11d62ca6df9e82d995f4bc26b84Patch