What is CVE-2024-26985?

CVE-2024-26985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2024-26985?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2024-26985

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix bo leak in intel_fb_bo_framebuffer_init Add a unreference bo in the error path, to prevent leaking a bo ref. Return 0 on success to clarify the success path. (cherry picked from commit a2f3d731be3893e730417ae3190760fcaffdf549)

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 44e694958b95395bd1c41508c88c8ca141bf9bd7, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-26985?: CVE-2024-26985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2024-26985?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.