High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 5, 2024· Updated Aug 4, 2026
CVE-2024-39478
CVE-2024-39478
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: starfive - Do not free stack buffer
RSA text data uses variable length buffer allocated in software stack. Calling kfree on it causes undefined behaviour in subsequent operations.
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References
2- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5944de192663f272033501dcd322b008fca72006nvdMailing ListPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f01649f4eaf1878472d3d3f480ae1e50d98f6cnvdMailing ListPatch
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