github - ghsa-vc92-x84f-vm43

ghsa-vc92-x84f-vm43

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-06-19 15:30

Modified

2025-10-03 18:31

Severity ?

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

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

kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage

The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.

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CVE-2024-38617 (GCVE-0-2024-38617)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-06-19 13:56

Modified

2025-05-04 09:15

Severity ?

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.

References

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	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7880dbf4eafe22a6a41a42e774f1122c814ed02d
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42d21c9727028fe7ee392223ba127484b1b8677e
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03758d5a0932016b6d5f5bfbca580177e6bc937a
	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/998b18072ceb0613629c256b409f4d299829c7ec

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Vendor

Product

Version

Version: 9124a26401483bf2b13a99cb4317dce3f677060f
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Version: 9124a26401483bf2b13a99cb4317dce3f677060f

Version: 6.2

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