CVE-2024-36954 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-402 — Resource Leak40 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedMay 30
Latest updateSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append __skb_linearize() doesn't free the skb when it fails, so move '*buf = NULL' after __skb_linearize(), so that the skb can be freed on the err path.

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 Packages5 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.4.271 — 4.5+10
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.218-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.4.0-192.212+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux4b1761898861117c97066aea6c58f68a7787f0bf — 01cd1b7b685751ee422d00d050292a3d277652d6+12
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.94-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

19
OSV
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OSV
linux-raspi-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2024-08-22
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OSV
linux-hwe-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2024-08-21
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OSV
linux-bluefield vulnerabilities↗2024-08-21
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OSV
linux-azure-5.4 vulnerabilities↗2024-08-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

19
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities↗2024-09-18
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2024-08-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2024-08-21
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (BlueField) vulnerabilities↗2024-08-21
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2024-08-19
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2024-36954 kernel: tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append↗2024-06-03
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