Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
slimbus: core: fix device reference leak on report present
Slimbus devices can be allocated dynamically upon reception of report-present messages.
Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up already registered devices.
Note that this requires taking an extra reference in case the device has not yet been registered and has to be allocated.
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , Amazon Linux 2 ELS , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Debian 10 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 4.19.0 (+8 more)
Fixes
KernelCare state
Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.
| Operating system | Status | Covered kernels |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 11 | Will Not Fix | — |
| Debian 11 cloud | Will Not Fix | — |
| Debian 12 | Planned | — |
| Debian 13 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 AWS | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 | Planned | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 AWS | Planned | — |