Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-44947
Published: September 3, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96711
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:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-44947
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is 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 fuse_notify_store() function in fs/fuse/dev.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-44947
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831433527773e665bdb635ab5783d0b95d1246f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac42e0f0eb66af966015ee33fd355bc6f5d80cd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18a067240817bee8a9360539af5d79a4bf5398a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0da3d163eb32f1f91891efaade027fa9b245b9
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.321
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.225
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.166
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.283
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.107
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.7
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.48