CVE-2024-26655

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    CVE-2024-26655

    Published: 1 Apr 2024Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open()

    Details: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Fix memory leak in posix_clock_open() If the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the pccontext we allocated for this clock. Re-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.

    References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f3847, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375abf52353ca5e1a2e5f763629a870f91d0c38a, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a5adf57b56ee94075c889abea518b9dc66895d, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88649b49523e8cbe95254440d803e38c19d2341, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea2d9bfd422e92fd197f6a0b1fe7d81413b871e0, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f845cfa1a5ae697782bfcb843c9d06d3bc0cbbb6, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/26xxx/CVE-2024-26655.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26655, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 63cb05f600940a3b4824509e7e0e909f040c82ee
    Fixed -f845cfa1a5ae697782bfcb843c9d06d3bc0cbbb6

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