{"id":"CVE-2024-26993","revision":"c208d86581f6409ab88773ec88d80e77","records":[{"revision":"c208d86581f6409ab88773ec88d80e77","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2024-26993","aliases":[],"title":"fs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs: sysfs: Fix reference leak in sysfs_break_active_protection()\n\nThe sysfs_break_active_protection() routine has an obvious reference\nleak in its error path.  If the call to kernfs_find_and_get() fails then\nkn will be NULL, so the companion sysfs_unbreak_active_protection()\nroutine won't get called (and would only cause an access violation by\ntrying to dereference kn->parent if it was called).  As a result, the\nreference to kobj acquired at the start of the function will never be\nreleased.\n\nFix the leak by adding an explicit kobject_put() call when kn is NULL.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2024-05-01T05:28:02.462+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T00:39:44.909+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"fs/sysfs/file.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"2afc9166f79b8f6da5f347f48515215ceee4ae37\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"f28bba37fe244889b81bb5c508d3f6e5c6e342c5\",\n                     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