CVE-2024-35859 Information

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: fix module reference leakage from bdev_open_by_dev error path

At the time bdev_may_open() is called module reference is grabbed already hence module reference should be released if bdev_may_open() failed.

This problem is found by code review.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e9327c67410b129bf85e5c3a5aaea518328636f https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9617cd6f24b294552a817f80f5225431ef67b540