What is CVE-2024-36955?

CVE-2024-36955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-36955?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Linux

CVE-2024-36955

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: intel-sdw-acpi: fix usage of device_get_named_child_node() The documentation for device_get_named_child_node() mentions this important point: " The caller is responsible for calling fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode pointer. " Add fwnode_handle_put() to avoid a leaked reference.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.002 (15.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 08c2a4bc9f2acaefbd0158866db5cb3238a68674, 5.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-36955?: CVE-2024-36955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2024-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-36955?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.