CVE-2024-38611

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: i2c: et8ek8: Don't strip remove function when driver is builtin Using __exit for the remove function results in the remove callback being discarded with CONFIG_VIDEO_ET8EK8=y. When such a device gets unbound (e.g. using sysfs or hotplug), the driver is just removed without the cleanup being performed. This results in resource leaks. Fix it by compiling in the remove callback unconditionally. This also fixes a W=1 modpost warning: WARNING: modpost: drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8: section mismatch in reference: et8ek8_i2c_driver+0x10 (section: .data) -> et8ek8_remove (section: .exit.text)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ece3fc1c10197052044048bea4f13cfdcf25b416

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1a3803e5bb91c13e9ad582003e4288f67f06cd9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/963523600d9f1e36bc35ba774c2493d6baa4dd8f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/904db2ba44ae60641b6378c5013254d09acf5e80

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/545b215736c5c4b354e182d99c578a472ac9bfce

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43fff07e4b1956d0e5cf23717507e438278ea3d9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04d1086a62ac492ebb6bb0c94c1c8cb55f5d1f36

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-06-19

Updated: 2025-04-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.2

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

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

Severity: Medium