Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: raspberrypi: fix possible memory leak in rpi_firmware_probe() In rpi_firmware_probe(), if mbox_request_channel() fails, the 'fw' will not be freed through rpi_firmware_delete(), fix this leak by calling kfree() in the error path.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/62ac943eb2a9d655e431b9bc98ff6d7bd51a0e49 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6757dd2193fe18c5c5fe3050e7f2ff9dcbd1ff34 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d2abab374f707ab8ac8dcef191fd2b3b67b8bd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b51161696e803fd5f9ad55b20a64c2df313f95c Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b308fdedef095aac14569f810d46edf773ea7d1e Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34742245e4366579f9a80f8cfe4a63248e838e0 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 5 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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