CVE-2024-27393 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 14
Latest updateSep 18
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xen-netfront: Add missing skb_mark_for_recycle
Notice that skb_mark_for_recycle() is introduced later than fixes tag in
commit 6a5bcd84e886 ("page_pool: Allow drivers to hint on SKB recycling").
It is believed that fixes tag were missing a call to page_pool_release_page()
between v5.9 to v5.14, after which is should have used skb_mark_for_recycle().
Since v6.6 the call page_pool_release_page() were removed (in
commit 535b9c61…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages9 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6c5aa6fc4defc2a0977a2c59e4710d50fa1e834c — 4143b9479caa29bb2380f3620dcbe16ea84eb3b1+5