CVE-2024-38554
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.17-6.1.92, 6.2-6.6.32, 6.7-6.8.11, 6.9-6.9.2 - Memory Leak via AX.25 Device Shutdown
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device There is a reference count leak issue of the object "net_device" in ax25_dev_device_down(). When the ax25 device is shutting down, the ax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count of net_device one or zero times depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will cause memory leak. In order to solve the above issue, decrease the reference count of net_device after dev->ax25_ptr is set to null.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0024
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
Status
published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel
5.17.0 - 6.1.93linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.33linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.8.12linux
linux/Kernel
6.9.0 - 6.9.3linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.17
Linux/Linux
4.14.277 - 4.15
Linux/Linux
4.19.240 - 4.20
Linux/Linux
418993bbaafb0cd48f904ba68eeda052d624c821
Linux/Linux
5.10.112 - 5.11
Linux/Linux
5.15.35 - 5.16
... and 17 more
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026