Improper resource allocation In linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: at_hdmac: fix device leak on of_dma_xlate() Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the DMA platform device during of_dma_xlate() when releasing channel resources. Note that commit 3832b78b3ec2 ("dmaengine: at_hdmac: add missing put_device() call in at_dma_xlate()") fixed the leak in a couple of error paths but the reference is still leaking on successful allocation.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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FLAT-D0KBO – Vulnerability | Fluid Attacks Database