#VU102897 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-57874
Published: January 17, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU102897
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-2024-57874
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 tagged_addr_ctrl_get() and tagged_addr_ctrl_set() functions in arch/arm64/kernel/ptrace.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/1152dd13845efde5554f80c7e1233bae1d26bd3e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1370cf3eb5495d70e00547598583a4cd45b40b99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c176f5155ee6161fee6f416b64aa50394d3f220
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96035c0093db258975b8887676afe59a64c34a72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abd614bbfcee73247495bd9472da8f85ac83546e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca62d90085f4af36de745883faab9f8a7cbb45d3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.231
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.174
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.120
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12.5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.13
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.66