Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-47677
Published: October 21, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98862
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-2024-47677
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 exfat_create_upcase_table() function in fs/exfat/nls.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-47677
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9835aec49670c46ebe2973032caaa1043b3d4da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/331ed2c739ce656a67865f6b3ee0a478349d78cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c290fe508eee36df1640c3cb35dc8f89e073c8a8
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.13
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.2
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12