CVE Catalog

CVE-2024-35828

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.23%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the lbs_allocate_cmd_buffer() function has memory leaks. If the allocation of cmdarray[i].cmdbuf fails, both cmdarray and cmdarray[i].cmdbuf need to be freed, otherwise memory leaks occur.

Risk Assessment

Memory leaks can lead to gradual exhaustion of system resources and eventually to system instability or failure.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix for this issue.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: libertas: fix some memleaks in lbs_allocate_cmd_buffer() In the for statement of lbs_allocate_cmd_buffer(), if the allocation of cmdarray[i].cmdbuf fails, both cmdarray and cmdarray[i].cmdbuf needs to be freed. Otherwise, there will be memleaks in lbs_allocate_cmd_buffer().

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS