PT-2024-9802

CVE-2024-38617

Published

2024-04-26

Updated

2025-10-03

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CVSS 3.1

5.5

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to a memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's kunit/fortify component, specifically in the function DEFINE ALLOC SIZE TEST PAIR(). This vulnerability can be exploited to gain access to confidential information. The problem arises from the incorrect usage of kvalloc() and vfree() instead of kvfree() in the kv*() family of tests.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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