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CVE-2024-57886

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/damon/core: fix new damon_target objects leaks on damon_commit_targets() Patch series "mm/damon/core: fix memory leaks and ignored inputs from damon_commit_ctx()". Due to two bugs in damon_commit_targets() and damon_commit_schemes(), which are called from damon_commit_ctx(), some user inputs can be ignored, and some mmeory objects can be leaked. Fix those. Note that only DAMON sysfs interface users are affected. Other DAMON core API user modules that more focused more on simple and dedicated production usages, including DAMON_RECLAIM and DAMON_LRU_SORT are not using the buggy function in the way, so not affected. This patch (of 2): When new DAMON targets are added via damon_commit_targets(), the newly created targets are not deallocated when updating the internal data (damon_commit_target()) is failed. Worse yet, even if the setup is successfully done, the new target is not linked to the context. Hence, the new targets are always leaked regardless of the internal data setup failure. Fix the leaks.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.12.9-1CVE-2024-57886
Fixed in:6.12.9-1CVE-2024-57886
linux-hwe-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatencyUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1011-lowlatency-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-6.11.0-1017-oemUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
linux-image-6.11.0-21-genericUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1
linux-image-6.11.0-21-generic-64kUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1+1USN-7379-1
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-image-oem-24.04bUbuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-21.21~24.04.1USN-7379-1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1011.12~24.04.1USN-7381-1
linux-oem-6.11Ubuntu
Fixed in:6.11.0-1017.17USN-7382-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days
7thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 7% of all known CVEs.

References

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