CVE-2024-43888

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

26/08/2024

Last modified:

16/04/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup The mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj() is supposed to be called under rcu lock or cgroup_mutex or others which could prevent returned memcg from being freed. Fix it by adding missing rcu read lock. Found by code inspection. [songmuchun@bytedance.com: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.8 (including)	6.10.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-43888

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools