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GHSA-QPW5-GVF2-CQ42

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-01 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-06 18:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()

If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock.

Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2024-26655 (GCVE-0-2024-26655)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-01 14:58 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:01

Title

Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open() If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock. Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-09-10 15:53 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a5adf57b56ee940…
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2d9bfd422e92fd1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88649b49523e8cbe…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dd7ed23354699…
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Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.7 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver) Unaffected: 6.7.12 , ≤ 6.7.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.8.3 , ≤ 6.8.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.9 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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