Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-50231
Published: November 10, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU100161
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50231
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table() function in drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-50231
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d6e8be234d87b0eedca50309e25051888b39d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e41593825c3044efca0eb34b2d6ffba306e4ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691e79ffc42154a9c91dc3b7e96a307037b4be74
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.7
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.60