In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: testing: Initialize some variables annoteded with _free() Variables annotated with __free() need to be initialized if the function can return before they get updated for the first time or the attempt to free the memory pointed to by them upon function return may crash the kernel. Fix this issue in some places in the thermal testing code.
History

Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:30:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 28 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: testing: Initialize some variables annoteded with _free() Variables annotated with __free() need to be initialized if the function can return before they get updated for the first time or the attempt to free the memory pointed to by them upon function return may crash the kernel. Fix this issue in some places in the thermal testing code.
Title thermal: testing: Initialize some variables annoteded with _free()
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-12-28T09:46:05.536Z

Updated: 2025-05-04T10:01:55.819Z

Reserved: 2024-12-27T15:00:39.845Z

Link: CVE-2024-56676

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-28T10:15:06.113

Modified: 2024-12-28T10:15:06.113

Link: CVE-2024-56676

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-12-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-56676 - Bugzilla