Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-36942 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: qca: fix firmware check error path A recent commit fixed the code that parses the firmware files before downloading them to the controller but introduced a memory leak in case the sanity checks ever fail. Make sure to free the firmware buffer before returning on errors.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064688d70c33bb5b49dde6e972b9379a8b045d8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064688d70c33bb5b49dde6e972b9379a8b045d8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40d442f969fb1e871da6fca73d3f8aef1f888558
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40d442f969fb1e871da6fca73d3f8aef1f888558
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/580bcd6bf24f9975f97d81d5ef1b64cca9240df9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/580bcd6bf24f9975f97d81d5ef1b64cca9240df9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bcba557d5c37cd09ecd5abbe7d50deb86c36d3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bcba557d5c37cd09ecd5abbe7d50deb86c36d3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f768214320852766a60a815a0be8f14fba0cc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f768214320852766a60a815a0be8f14fba0cc3