Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-47719
Published: October 21, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98863
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-2024-47719
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 iopt_alloc_iova() function in drivers/iommu/iommufd/io_pagetable.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-47719
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd6dd564ae7d99967ef50078216929418160b30e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e9f9fd14772c0b23c6d1d7002d98f9d27cb1f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b78287ce92802e8ba678181a34b84ae844a112
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6887349b2f829a4121c518aeb064fc922714e4
- 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
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.54