Vulnerability CVE-2024-35859


Published: 2024-05-17

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.

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

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