CVE-2024-36942

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: qca: fix firmware check error path A recent commit fixed the code that parses the firmware files before downloading them to the controller but introduced a memory leak in case the sanity checks ever fail. Make sure to free the firmware buffer before returning on errors.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f768214320852766a60a815a0be8f14fba0cc3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bcba557d5c37cd09ecd5abbe7d50deb86c36d3f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/580bcd6bf24f9975f97d81d5ef1b64cca9240df9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40d442f969fb1e871da6fca73d3f8aef1f888558

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/064688d70c33bb5b49dde6e972b9379a8b045d8a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-30

Updated: 2025-02-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium