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Debian: CVE-2024-43871: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2024-43871: linux -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/21/2024
Created
09/03/2024
Added
09/02/2024
Modified
09/05/2024

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: devres: Fix memory leakage caused by driver API devm_free_percpu() It will cause memory leakage when use driver API devm_free_percpu() to free memory allocated by devm_alloc_percpu(), fixed by using devres_release() instead of devres_destroy() within devm_free_percpu().

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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