CVE-2024-43870Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.00%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 21
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix event leak upon exit When a task is scheduled out, pending sigtrap deliveries are deferred to the target task upon resume to userspace via task_work. However failures while adding an event's callback to the task_work engine are ignored. And since the last call for events exit happen after task work is eventually closed, there is a small window during which pending sigtrap can be queued though ignored, leaking the ev

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.15.845.15.165+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.106-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-125.135+1
CVEListV5linux/linux8bffa95ac19ff27c8261904f89d36c7fcf215d5967fad724f1b568b356c1065d50df46e6b30eb2f7+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

12
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OSV
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OSV
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📋Vendor Advisories

12
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Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities2024-12-12
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Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities2024-12-12