firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info()
The alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise
there may be resource leak here.
To mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc
fails.
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EUVD |
EUVD-2024-51874 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info() The alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be resource leak here. To mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc fails. |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-404 |
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| Weaknesses | NVD-CWE-Other | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info() The alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be resource leak here. To mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc fails. | |
| Title | firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-11T20:52:49.135Z
Reserved: 2024-11-19T17:17:25.019Z
Link: CVE-2024-53202
Updated: 2025-10-01T15:38:18.769Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2024-12-27T14:15:27.970
Modified: 2025-10-01T20:17:20.450
Link: CVE-2024-53202
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