CVE-2024-38617

kernel: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 19, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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

kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage

The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE not specified