Bug 2293198 (CVE-2024-38617)

Summary: CVE-2024-38617 kernel: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-06-20 08:22:35 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-38617 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061923-CVE-2024-38617-5530@gregkh/T