Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
intel_th: fix device leak on output open()
Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the th device during output device open() on errors and on close().
Note that a recent commit fixed the leak in a couple of open() error paths but not all of them, and the reference is still leaking on successful open().
Details
- Affected product:
- AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , CentOS 8.4 ELS , CentOS 8.5 ELS , CentOS Stream 8 ELS , Oracle Linux 7 ELS , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 16.04 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- kernel @ 4.18.0 (+9 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
intel_th: fix device leak on output open()
Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the th device during output device open() on errors and on close().
Note that a recent commit fixed the leak in a couple of open() error paths but not all of them, and the reference is still leaking on successful open().