CVE-2024-35978

CVSS 3.1 Score 5.5 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published May 20, 2024
Updated: Jun 27, 2024
CWE ID 401

Summary

CVE-2024-35978 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's Bluetooth subsystem. The issue revolves around a memory leak in the function 'hci_req_sync_complete()'. Specifically, the code failed to properly free the previous sync request state before assigning a new one, leading to a memory leak. This vulnerability has now been resolved to prevent potential memory exhaustion and related security risks.

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