Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-38602
Published: June 20, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92296
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-2024-38602
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 ax25_addr_ax25dev(), ax25_dev_device_up() and ax25_dev_device_down() functions in net/ax25/ax25_dev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-38602
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae467750a3765dd1092eb29f58247950a2f9b60c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38eb01edfdaa1562fa00429be2e33f45383b1b3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81d8240b0a243b3ddd8fa8aa172f1acc2f7cc8f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ea02699c7557eeb35ccff2bd822de1b3e09d868
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b505e0319852b08a3a716b64620168eab21f4ced
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.93
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.33
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8.12