#VU101996 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-56572
Published: December 30, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101996
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2024-56572
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the allocate_buffers_internal() function in drivers/media/platform/allegro-dvt/allegro-core.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f514068fbc5d4d189c817adc7c4e32cffdc2e47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17e5613666209be4e5be1f1894f1a6014a8a0658
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64f72a738864b506ab50b4a6cb3ce3c3e04b71af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6712a28a4f923ffdf51cff267ad05a634ee1babc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74a65313578b35e1239966adfa7ac2bdd60caf00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/891b5790bee8fc6ddba17874dd87a646128d0b99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf642904be39ae0d441dbdfa8f485e0a46260be4
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.287