Description

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

zram: free secondary algorithms names

We need to kfree() secondary algorithms names when reset zram device that
had multi-streams, otherwise we leak memory.

[[email protected]: kfree(NULL) is legal]

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-50064

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux, Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.54% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50064
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6272936fd242ca1f784c3e21596dfb3859dff276
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef35cc0d15b89dd013e1bb829fe97db7b1ab79eb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/684826f8271ad97580b138b9ffd462005e470b99

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