CVE-2024-36955: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: intel-sdw-acpi: fix usage of device_get_named_child_node() The documentation for device_get_named_child_node() mentions this important point: " The caller is responsible for calling fwnode_handle_put() on the returned fwnode pointer. " Add fwnode_handle_put() to avoid a leaked reference.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.12, before 5.15.159 (fixed in 5.15.159); from 5.16, before 6.1.91 (fixed in 6.1.91); from 6.2, before 6.6.31 (fixed in 6.6.31); from 6.7, before 6.8.10 (fixed in 6.8.10); version 6.9 only

Published 2024-05-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.