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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2024· Updated Oct 1, 2025

firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info()

CVE-2024-53202

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

firmware_loader: Fix possible resource leak in fw_log_firmware_info()

The alg instance should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be resource leak here.

To mitigate this, free the alg instance with crypto_free_shash when kmalloc fails.

Affected products

71

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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