CVE-2024-26655: Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()
If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the
pccontext we allocated for this clock.
Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2024-26655
Affected Products
Vendor: Linux
Product: Linux
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 5.06% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-03 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88649b49523e8cbe95254440d803e38c19d2341https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f3847
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8