CVE-2024-36942 Bluetooth: qca: fix firmware check error path

2024-05-3015:35:41

Linux

github.com

linux

kernel

firmware

bluetooth

vulnerability

qca

memory leak

error path

fix

7.2 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

15.7%

JSON

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

Bluetooth: qca: fix firmware check error path

A recent commit fixed the code that parses the firmware files before
downloading them to the controller but introduced a memory leak in case
the sanity checks ever fail.

Make sure to free the firmware buffer before returning on errors.

CNA Affected

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