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CVE-2024-26993

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CVE-2024-26993

Published: May 1, 2024

Modified: May 23, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection() The sysfs_break_active_protection() routine has an obvious reference leak in its error path. If the call to kernfs_find_and_get() fails then kn will be NULL, so the companion sysfs_unbreak_active_protection() routine won't get called (and would only cause an access violation by trying to dereference kn->parent if it was called). As a result, the reference to kobj acquired at the start of the function will never be released. Fix the leak by adding an explicit kobject_put() call when kn is NULL.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37 - < f28bba37fe244889b81bb5c508d3f6e5c6e342c5
affected
2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37 - < 57baab0f376bec8f54b0fe6beb8f77a57c228063
affected
2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37 - < 84bd4c2ae9c3d0a7d3a5c032ea7efff17af17e17
affected
2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37 - < 43f00210cb257bcb0387e8caeb4b46375d67f30c
affected
2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37 - < 5d43e072285e81b0b63cee7189b3357c7768a43b

+15 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.19
unaffected
0 - < 4.19
unaffected
4.19.313 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.275 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.216 - <= 5.10.*

+5 more versions

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