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CVE-2024-27068: thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/mediatek/lvts_thermal: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path If devm_krealloc() fails, then 'efuse' is leaking. So free it to avoid a leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 6.3 before 6.6.23; from 6.7 before 6.7.11; from 6.8 before 6.8.2 — fixed in 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.6.23, 6.7.11, 6.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db869da91afd48e5b9ec76814709be49662b07d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b02197596671800dd934609384b1aca7c6ad218
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a37f3652bee468f879d35fe2da9ede3f1dcbb7be
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca93bf607a44c1f009283dac4af7df0d9ae5e357
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2db869da91afd48e5b9ec76814709be49662b07d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b02197596671800dd934609384b1aca7c6ad218
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a37f3652bee468f879d35fe2da9ede3f1dcbb7be
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca93bf607a44c1f009283dac4af7df0d9ae5e357

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