Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-36967
Published: June 8, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91561
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-2024-36967
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 tpm2_key_encode() function in security/keys/trusted-keys/trusted_tpm2.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-36967
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e6914fa8e7798bcf3ce4a5b96ea4ac1d5571cdf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d91238b590bd883c86ba7707c5c9096469c08b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e62835264d0352be6086975f18fdfed2b5520b13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/189c768932d435045b1fae12bf63e53866f06a28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf26a92f560eed5d6ddc3d441cc645950cbabc56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffcaa2172cc1a85ddb8b783de96d38ca8855e248
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.160
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.92
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.32
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.11