CVE-2024-35859

block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path

Medium · published May 17, 2024

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
10.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path

At the time bdev_may_open() is called, module reference is grabbed

already, hence module reference should be released if bdev_may_open()

failed.

This problem is found by code review.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00205 · 10.0th percentile
Published
2024-05-17T14:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 MAY 14:47Z
    block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path
    cvelistv5