MediumFix available
fbdev: imsttfb: fix a resource leak in probe
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imsttfb: fix a resource leak in probe I've re-written the error handling but the bug is that if init_imstt() fails we need to call iounmap(par->cmap_regs).
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.19.299, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 5.4.261, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-52838
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 21:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
fbdev: imsttfb: fix a resource leak in probe
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 21 May 2024, 15:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: imsttfb: fix a resource leak in probe I've re-written the error handling but the bug is that if init_imstt() fails we need to call iounmap(par->cmap_regs).
osv:CVE-2023-52838
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.19.299, 5.4.261, 5.10.201, 5.15.139, 6.1.63, 6.5.12, 6.6.2
Complete source record
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