#VU94926 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-41065
Published: July 31, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94926
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-2024-41065
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 alloc_dispatch_log_kmem_cache() function in arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.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/a7b952941ce07e1e7a2cafd08c64a98e14f553e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b16098148ea58a67430d90e20476be2377c3acd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e59822f9d700349cd17968d22c979db23a2d347f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee68686d1e2a5da35d5650be0be1ce06fe2ceb2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e512a59b472684d8585125101ab03b86c2c1348a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f5892212c27be31792ef1daa89c8dac1b3047e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a14150e1656f7a332a943154fc486504db4d586
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.223
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.164
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.281
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.101
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.42