FKIE_CVE-2024-42138

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-30 08:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:48
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: core_linecards: Fix double memory deallocation in case of invalid INI file In case of invalid INI file mlxsw_linecard_types_init() deallocates memory but doesn't reset pointer to NULL and returns 0. In case of any error occurred after mlxsw_linecard_types_init() call, mlxsw_linecards_init() calls mlxsw_linecard_types_fini() which performs memory deallocation again. Add pointer reset to NULL. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ce34dccbe8fa7d2ef86f2d8e7db2a9b67cabfc3Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af7437669b72f804fc4269f487528dbbed142a2Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab557f5cd993a3201b09593633d04b891263d5c0Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8b55a465b0e8a500179808166fe9420f5c091a1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ce34dccbe8fa7d2ef86f2d8e7db2a9b67cabfc3Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af7437669b72f804fc4269f487528dbbed142a2Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab557f5cd993a3201b09593633d04b891263d5c0Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8b55a465b0e8a500179808166fe9420f5c091a1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel 6.10
linux linux_kernel 6.10
linux linux_kernel 6.10
linux linux_kernel 6.10
linux linux_kernel 6.10
linux linux_kernel 6.10
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