CVE-2024-35859

block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: May 17, 2024
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: May 17, 2024

Description

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

block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path

At the time bdev_may_open() is called, module reference is grabbed already, hence module reference should be released if bdev_may_open() failed.

This problem is found by code review.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	ed5cc702d311c14b653323d76062b0294effa66e to before 0e9327c67410b129bf85e5c3a5aaea518328636fAffected ed5cc702d311c14b653323d76062b0294effa66e to before 9617cd6f24b294552a817f80f5225431ef67b540Affected
LinuxLinux	6.8Affected before 6.8Not affected 6.8.9 through 6.8.*Not affected 6.9 and laterNot affected

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