Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail
If driver_register() returns with error we need to free the memory allocated for auxdrv->driver.name before returning from __auxiliary_driver_register()
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 6 ELS , CentOS 7 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , CloudLinux 6 ELS , CloudLinux 7 ELS , Oracle Linux 6 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 5.14.0-11 (+9 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
driver core: auxiliary bus: Fix memory leak when driver_register() fail
If driver_register() returns with error we need to free the memory allocated for auxdrv->driver.name before returning from __auxiliary_driver_register()