Attacker Value
Unknown
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Exploitability
Unknown
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User Interaction
None
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2024-36942

Disclosure Date: May 30, 2024
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: qca: fix firmware check error path

A recent commit fixed the code that parses the firmware files before
downloading them to the controller but introduced a memory leak in case
the sanity checks ever fail.

Make sure to free the firmware buffer before returning on errors.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.5 Medium
Impact Score:
3.6
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
None
Integrity (I):
None
Availability (A):
High

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