CVE-2024-40936

kernel: cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 12, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

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

cxl/region: Fix memregion leaks in devm_cxl_add_region()

Move the mode verification to __create_region() before allocating the memregion to avoid the memregion leaks.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

CWE-402 · Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')