Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-39493
Published: July 10, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94086
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-2024-39493
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 adf_device_reset_worker() and adf_dev_aer_schedule_reset() functions in drivers/crypto/qat/qat_common/adf_aer.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-39493
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce5964b82f212f4df6a9813f09a0b5de15bd9c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6396b33e98c096bff9c253ed49c008247963492a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a718b6d2a329e069b27d9049a71be5931e71d960
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fb4601e0db10d4fe25e46f3fa308d40d37366bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7428e7e3fe94a5089dc12ffe5bc31574d2315ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2d443aa1ae3175c13a665f3a24b8acd759ce9c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0fd124972724cce0d48b9865ce3e273ef69e246
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b17c6d9dddc2db3670bc9be628b122416a3d26
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.316
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.219
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.161
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.278
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.94
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.34