CVE-2024-40942 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCWE-402 — Resource Leak44 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV5.3
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 12
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: mac80211: mesh: Fix leak of mesh_preq_queue objects
The hwmp code use objects of type mesh_preq_queue, added to a list in
ieee80211_if_mesh, to keep track of mpath we need to resolve. If the mpath
gets deleted, ex mesh interface is removed, the entries in that list will
never get cleaned. Fix this by flushing all corresponding items of the
preq_queue in mesh_path_flush_pending().
This should take care of KASAN reports l…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux050ac52cbe1f3de2fb0d06f02c7919ae1f691c9e — 377dbb220edc8421b7960691876c5b3bef62f89b+8