CVE-2024-36955
kernel: ALSA: hda: intel-sdw-acpi: fix usage of device_get_named_child_node()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 30, 2024
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: hda: intel-sdw-acpi: fix usage of device_get_named_child_node()
The documentation for device_get_named_child_node() mentions this important point:
" The caller is responsible for calling fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode pointer. "
Add fwnode_handle_put() to avoid a leaked reference.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')