Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-44931
Published: August 26, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96512
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-2024-44931
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 gpiochip_get_desc() function in drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-44931
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b955f786a4bcde8c0ccb2b7d519def2acb6f3cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d776c0486b03a5c4afca65b8ff44573592bf93bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d795848ecce24a75dfd46481aee066ae6fe39775
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.323
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.227
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.168
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.285
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.112
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.5
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.46