CVE-2024-36954

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.5 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append __skb_linearize() doesn't free the skb when it fails, so move '*buf = NULL' after __skb_linearize(), so that the skb can be freed on the err path.

References (10)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01cd1b7b685751ee422d00d050292a3d277652d6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f87fd9476cf9725d774e6dcb7d17859c6a6d1ae

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3210d34fda4caff212cb53729e6bd46de604d565

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42c8471b0566c7539e7dd584b4d0ebd3cec8cb2c

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/614c5a5ae45a921595952117b2e2bd4d4bf9b574

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97bf6f81b29a8efaf5d0983251a7450e5794370d

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adbce6d20da6254c86425a8d4359b221b5ccbccd

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d03a82f4f8144befdc10518e732e2a60b34c870e

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00019.html

[Mailing List] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 4.1%

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 < 4.5

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

linux/linux_kernel

debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published May 30, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026