CVE-2024-50013

kernel: exfat: fix memory leak in exfat_load_bitmap()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.1

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 21, 2024

Updated · October 29, 2026

Description

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

exfat: fix memory leak in exfat_load_bitmap()

If the first directory entry in the root directory is not a bitmap directory entry, 'bh' will not be released and reassigned, which will cause a memory leak.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime