Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-35858

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89985

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35858

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the umac_init(), bcmasp_tx_poll(), bcmasp_init_tx() and bcmasp_netif_deinit() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/asp2/bcmasp_intf.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oem (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package)

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - update to 6.6.30
linux-image-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-virtual (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-lpae (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-6.8.0-40-generic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40
linux-image-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-6.8.0-40-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-40.40.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1008-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.11
linux-image-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1008.11
linux-image-6.8.0-1009-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1009.10
linux-image-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1009.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oem (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oem-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-6.8.0-1010-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-oem-24.04a (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-ibm-classic (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-ibm-lts-24.04 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1010.10
linux-image-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11
linux-image-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1011.11, 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-64k (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1011.11, 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1011-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency-64k (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11.1
linux-image-nvidia-64k-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1
linux-image-6.8.0-1012-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1012.13
linux-image-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1012.13
linux-image-6.8.0-1013-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1013.14
linux-image-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1013.14

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09040baf8779ad880e0e0d0ea10e57aa929ef3ab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2389ad1990163d29cba5480d693b4c2e31cc545c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f898fc2c31fbf0ac5ecd289f528a716464cb005
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.30

• Memory leak in Linux kernel broadcom asp2 driver
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-lowlatency
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-6.8
• Ubuntu update for linux-lowlatency