CVE-2024-26831

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.6.18 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/handshake: Fix handshake_req_destroy_test1 Recently, handshake_req_destroy_test1 started failing: Expected handshake_req_destroy_test == req, but handshake_req_destroy_test == 0000000000000000 req == 0000000060f99b40 not ok 11 req_destroy works This is because "sock_release(sock)" was replaced with "fput(filp)" to address a memory leak. Note that sock_release() is synchronous but fput() usually delays the final close and clean-up. The delay is not consequential in the other cases that were changed but handshake_req_destroy_test1 is testing that handshake_req_cancel() followed by closing the file actually does call the ->hp_destroy method. Thus the PTR_EQ test at the end has to be sure that the final close is complete before it checks the pointer. We cannot use a completion here because if ->hp_destroy is never called (ie, there is an API bug) then the test will hang. Reported by: Guenter Roeck <[email protected]>

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 0.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (8)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.6.18
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 6.6.18linux
linux/Kernel < 6.7.6linux

Timeline

Published Apr 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026