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Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-26655Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open() If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock. Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.7.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26655
Debian:14linux6.7.12-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-35.35USN-6816-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-35.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1009.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1009.9USN-6817-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1008.8USN-6817-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1008.9USN-6817-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1008.9UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1004.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1004.7USN-6817-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1006.6USN-6816-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-35.35.1USN-6816-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1006.6USN-6817-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1006.6UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1006.6USN-6878-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1005.5UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1005.5USN-6816-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-35.35.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-26655

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 63cb05f600940a3b4824509e7e0e909f040c82ee – before f845cfa1a5ae697782bfcb843c9d06d3bc0cbbb6a006fc4485159dc9bc3c4156f433f62b9c2b709c – before 62a5adf57b56ee94075c889abea518b9dc66895d72ba2204a2a71b6f25873f20eb9329e1e7a01d03 – before 375abf52353ca5e1a2e5f763629a870f91d0c38a221e4d1e29bb442ac4c47bc8ee095abf009ee8f3 – before ea2d9bfd422e92fd197f6a0b1fe7d81413b871e060c6946675fc06dd2fd2b7a4b6fd1c1f046f1056 – before a88649b49523e8cbe95254440d803e38c19d234160c6946675fc06dd2fd2b7a4b6fd1c1f046f1056 – before 0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f384760c6946675fc06dd2fd2b7a4b6fd1c1f046f1056 – before 5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8
Linux Linux 6.7

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