Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-36959pinctrl: devicetree: fix refcount leak in pinctrl_dt_to_map()

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 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 83.3% 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: pinctrl: devicetree: fix refcount leak in pinctrl_dt_to_map() If we fail to allocate propname buffer, we need to drop the reference count we just took. Because the pinctrl_dt_free_maps() includes the droping operation, here we call it directly.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.94-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36959
Debian:13linux6.8.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36959
Debian:14linux6.8.11-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-118.128USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-40.40UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1067.73USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1013.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1070.79USN-6956-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1070.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1012.14UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1070.79.1USN-6956-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1070.79.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1066.74USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1012.13UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1064.70UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1064.70USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1008.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1050.57USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1050.57UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40~22.04.3UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1060.63USN-6950-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1062.68USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1062.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1064.69UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1064.69USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-118.128USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-118.128UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1062.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1062.63USN-6950-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1011.11UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1011.11.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1027.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1065.71USN-6950-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1065.71UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1010.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1060.63USN-6950-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1060.63UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1009.10UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-40.40.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1035.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36959

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a988dcd3dd9e691c5ccc3324b209688f3b5453e9 – before 06780473cb8a858d1d6cab2673e021b072a852d1040f726fecd88121f3b95e70369785ad452dddf9 – before 47d253c485491caaf70d8cd8c0248ae26e42581f777430aa4ddccaa5accec6db90ffc1d47f00d471 – before 35ab679e8bb5a81a4f922d3efbd43e32bce6927497e5b508e96176f1a73888ed89df396d7041bfcb – before 76aa2440deb9a35507590f2c981a69a57ecd305d91d5c5060ee24fe8da88cd585bb43b843d2f0dce – before 518d5ddafeb084d6d9b1773ed85164300037d0e691d5c5060ee24fe8da88cd585bb43b843d2f0dce – before 026e24cf31733dbd97f41cc9bc5273ace428eeec91d5c5060ee24fe8da88cd585bb43b843d2f0dce – before c7e02ccc9fdc496fe51e440e3e66ac36509ca04991d5c5060ee24fe8da88cd585bb43b843d2f0dce – before a0cedbcc8852d6c77b00634b81e41f17f29d9404
Linux Linux 6.1

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