CVE-2024-35831

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 6.6 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: Fix release of pinned pages when __io_uaddr_map fails Looking at the error path of __io_uaddr_map, if we fail after pinning the pages for any reasons, ret will be set to -EINVAL and the error handler won't properly release the pinned pages. I didn't manage to trigger it without forcing a failure, but it can happen in real life when memory is heavily fragmented.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.2%
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 (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.6
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel

Timeline

Published May 17, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026