PT-2024-8293 · Linux+6 · Linux Kernel+6
Zhipeng Lu
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Published
2024-02-05
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Updated
2025-09-29
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CVE-2024-27077
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue is related to a memory leak in the
v4l2 m2m register entity function. The entity->name is allocated but not freed in error-handling paths, leading to a memory leak. This patch adds deallocation to prevent the memory leak. Exploitation of this issue may allow an attacker to cause a denial of service.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Astra Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Os
Suse
Ubuntu