CVE-2024-27039
clk: hisilicon: hi3559a: Fix an erroneous devm_kfree()
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: hisilicon: hi3559a: Fix an erroneous devm_kfree() 'p_clk' is an array allocated just before the for loop for all clk that need to be registered. It is incremented at each loop iteration. If a clk_register() call fails, 'p_clk' may point to something different from what should be freed. The best we can do, is to avoid this wrong release of memory.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cc572e0085ebd4b662b74a0f43222bc00df9a00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f8445f1c746fda180a7f75372ed06b24e9cefe2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64c6a38136b74a2f18c42199830975edd9fbc379
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d1f1228c1bb54803ae57525b76db60e99b37e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d575765b1b62e8bdb00af11caa1aabeb01763d9f
References (6)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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