Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-39499
Published: July 13, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU94201
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-2024-39499
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 event_deliver() function in drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_event.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-39499
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58730dfbd4ae01c1b022b0d234a8bf8c02cdfb81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/681967c4ff210e06380acf9b9a1b33ae06e77cbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f70ff737346744633e7b655c1fb23e1578491ff3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ac3e773a1f8da83c4710a720fbfe80055aafae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95bac1c8bedb362374ea1937b1d3e833e01174ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e293c6b38ac9029d76ff0d2a6b2d74131709a9a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/757804e1c599af5d2a7f864c8e8b2842406ff4bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8003f00d895310d409b2bf9ef907c56b42a4e0f4
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.317
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.221
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.162
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.279
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.95
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.35