{"cve":"CVE-2024-26655","nvd":{"published":"2024-04-01T15:15:49.910","modified":"2026-06-17T07:18:00.917","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nFix memory leak in posix_clock_open()\n\nIf the clk ops.open() function returns an error, we don't release the\npccontext we allocated for this clock.\n\nRe-organize the code slightly to make it all more obvious.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0200dd7ed2335469955d7e69cc1a6fa7df1f3847","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/375abf52353ca5e1a2e5f763629a870f91d0c38a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b4cdd9c5676559b8a7c944ac5269b914b8c0bb8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a5adf57b56ee94075c889abea518b9dc66895d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88649b49523e8cbe95254440d803e38c19d2341"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:47:51.568503435+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-26655","score":0.00263,"percentile":0.18118,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}