CVE-2024-40991: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Fix of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() The of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() helper function erroneously invokes "of_node_put()" on the "udmax_np" device-node passed to it, without having incremented its reference count at any point. Fix it.
CVE-2024-40991CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2024-40991: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Fix of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() The of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() helper function erroneously invokes "of_node_put()" on the "udmax_np" device-node passed to it, without having incremented its reference count at any point. Fix it.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
13.66%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: ti: k3-udma-glue: Fix of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() The of_k3_udma_glue_parse_chn_by_id() helper function erroneously invokes "of_node_put()" on the "udmax_np" device-node passed to it, without having incremented its reference count at any point. Fix it.

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