Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2024· Updated Feb 6, 2026
Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()
CVE-2024-26655
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()
If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock.
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7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f3847mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/375abf52353ca5e1a2e5f763629a870f91d0c38amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a5adf57b56ee94075c889abea518b9dc66895dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88649b49523e8cbe95254440d803e38c19d2341mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2d9bfd422e92fd197f6a0b1fe7d81413b871e0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f845cfa1a5ae697782bfcb843c9d06d3bc0cbbb6mitre
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