CVE-2024-27074 media: go7007: fix a memleak in go7007_load_encoder

What is CVE-2024-27074?

CVE-2024-27074 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

media: go7007: fix a memleak in go7007_load_encoder

In go7007_load_encoder, bounce(i.e. go->boot_fw), is allocated without a deallocation thereafter. After the following call chain:

saa7134_go7007_init |-> go7007_boot_encoder |-> go7007_load_encoder |-> kfree(go)

go is freed and thus bounce is leaked.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27074?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27074?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2024-27074 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-27074, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-27074, GHSA-m4vr-jmc8-6xrj, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-27074.