Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: A double-free operation occurred during error handling of gpauxbusprobe. When auxiliarydeviceadd returns an error, it then calls auxiliarialdeviceuninit. The callback function gpauxiliarydevicerelease...

The vulnerability of the gp_aux_bus_probe() function in Microchip’s Linux-based PCI1XXXX driver allows a hacker to compromise the accessibility of protected information.

The vulnerability of the gpauxbusprobe function in the drivers/misc/mchpPCI1XXXX/ mchpPCI1XXXXgp.c file of the Microchip PCI1XXXX driver for the Linux operating system is related to the re-liberation of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to compromise t...

CVE-2024-36973 misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: fix double free in the error handling of gp_aux_bus_probe()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: fix double free in the error handling of gpauxbusprobe When auxiliarydeviceadd returns error and then calls auxiliarydeviceuninit, callback function gpauxiliarydevicerelease calls idafree and...

CVE-2024-36973

CVE-2024-36973 is a Linux kernel vulnerability in the misc: microchip: pci1xxxx path. The issue is a double free in the error handling of gp_aux_bus_probe, where memory freed by ida_free() and kfree(aux_device_wrapper) could be freed again if auxiliary_device_add() fails and calls auxiliary_devic...

CVE-2024-36973: Double Free

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: microchip: pci1xxxx: fix double free in the error handling of gpauxbusprobe When auxiliarydeviceadd returns error and then calls auxiliarydeviceuninit, callback function gpauxiliarydevicerelease calls idafree and...

Linux kernel security vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system of the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that stems from a double-release vulnerability incorrectly handled by gpauxbusprobe in the misc microchip...