CVE-2024-57841Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV6.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.39%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 15
Latest updateMay 29

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: fix memory leak in tcp_conn_request() If inet_csk_reqsk_queue_hash_add() return false, tcp_conn_request() will return without free the dst memory, which allocated in af_ops->route_req. Here is the kmemleak stack: unreferenced object 0xffff8881198631c0 (size 240): comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4299266571 (age 1802.392s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 10 9b 03 81 88 ff ff 80 98 da bc ff ff ff ff ................ 81 55 18

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_kernel5.15.1625.15.176+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.124-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-135.146+1
CVEListV5linux/linux527bec1f56ac7a2fceb8eb77eb0fc2678ecba3949d38959677291552d1b0ed2689a540af279b5bf8+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.124-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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