CVE-2024-56572
media: platform: allegro-dvt: Fix possible memory leak in allocate_buffers_internal()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.3 Low
- Published
- Dec 27, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 27, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: platform: allegro-dvt: Fix possible memory leak in allocate_buffers_internal()
The buffer in the loop should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be a memory leak here.
To mitigate this, free the buffer when allegro_alloc_buffer fails.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf642904be39ae0d441dbdfa8f485e0a46260be4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74a65313578b35e1239966adfa7ac2bdd60caf00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f72a738864b506ab50b4a6cb3ce3c3e04b71af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e5613666209be4e5be1f1894f1a6014a8a0658
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6712a28a4f923ffdf51cff267ad05a634ee1babc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891b5790bee8fc6ddba17874dd87a646128d0b99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f514068fbc5d4d189c817adc7c4e32cffdc2e47
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
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