The vulnerability of the kunit/fortify components in the Linux operating system’s kernel allows a hacker to trigger a service failure.

The vulnerability of the kunit/fortify components in Linux kernel relates to a memory corruption in the DEFINEALLOCSIZETESTPAIR function. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to access confidential information...

SUSE CVE-2024-38617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc/vfree usage The kv family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree instead of kvfree. Use kvfree instead...

CVE-2024-38617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc/vfree usage The kv family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree instead of kvfree. Use kvfree instead...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc/vfree usage The kv family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree instead of kvfree. Use kvfree instead...

CVE-2024-38617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc/vfree usage The kv family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree instead of kvfree. Use kvfree instead...

CVE-2024-38617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc/vfree usage The kv family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree instead of kvfree. Use kvfree instead...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38617

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc/vfree usage The kv family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree instead of kvfree. Use kvfree instead...

CVE-2024-38617

Technical details about CVE-2024-38617 are not provided in the supplied documents. Monitor for updates from vendor advisories and kernel project commits for affected components and fixed versions.

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 security issue in kunit/fortify...