Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: iaa - Fix async_disable descriptor leak

The disable_async paths of iaa_compress/decompress() don't free idxd
descriptors in the async_disable case. Currently this only happens in
the testcases where req->dst is set to null. Add a test to free them
in those paths.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-35926

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 11.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d994f7d77aaded05dc05af58a2720fd4f4b72a83
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/262534ddc88dfea7474ed18adfecf856e4fbe054

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