Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-35859
CVE-2024-35859
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path
At the time bdev_may_open() is called, module reference is grabbed already, hence module reference should be released if bdev_may_open() failed.
This problem is found by code review.
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