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CVE-2024-56572: media: platform: allegro-dvt: Fix possible memory leak in allocate_buffers_internal()

• 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: 2024-12-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: platform: allegro-dvt: Fix possible memory leak in allocate_buffers_internal() The buffer in the loop should be released under the exception path, otherwise there may be a memory leak here. To mitigate this, free the buffer when allegro_alloc_buffer fails.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.3 before 5.4.287; from 5.5 before 5.10.231; from 5.11 before 5.15.174; from 5.16 before 6.1.120; from 6.2 before 6.6.64; from 6.7 before 6.12.4 — fixed in 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 5.4.287, 6.1.120, 6.12.4, 6.6.64

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 5.4.287, 6.1.120. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f514068fbc5d4d189c817adc7c4e32cffdc2e47
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e5613666209be4e5be1f1894f1a6014a8a0658
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f72a738864b506ab50b4a6cb3ce3c3e04b71af
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6712a28a4f923ffdf51cff267ad05a634ee1babc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74a65313578b35e1239966adfa7ac2bdd60caf00
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891b5790bee8fc6ddba17874dd87a646128d0b99
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf642904be39ae0d441dbdfa8f485e0a46260be4
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html

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