CVE-2024-53118

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.7-6.11.10 - Use-After-Free in vsock Error Queue Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Fix sk_error_queue memory leak Kernel queues MSG_ZEROCOPY completion notifications on the error queue. Where they remain, until explicitly recv()ed. To prevent memory leaks, clean up the queue when the socket is destroyed. unreferenced object 0xffff8881028beb00 (size 224): comm "vsock_test", pid 1218, jiffies 4294694897 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 90 b0 21 17 81 88 ff ff 90 b0 21 17 81 88 ff ff ..!.......!..... 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0 21 17 81 88 ff ff ..........!..... backtrace (crc 6c7031ca): [<ffffffff81418ef7>] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x2f7/0x370 [<ffffffff81d35882>] __alloc_skb+0x132/0x180 [<ffffffff81d2d32b>] sock_omalloc+0x4b/0x80 [<ffffffff81d3a8ae>] msg_zerocopy_realloc+0x9e/0x240 [<ffffffff81fe5cb2>] virtio_transport_send_pkt_info+0x412/0x4c0 [<ffffffff81fe6183>] virtio_transport_stream_enqueue+0x43/0x50 [<ffffffff81fe0813>] vsock_connectible_sendmsg+0x373/0x450 [<ffffffff81d233d5>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x365/0x3a0 [<ffffffff81d246f4>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x84/0xd0 [<ffffffff81d26f47>] __sys_sendmsg+0x47/0x80 [<ffffffff820d3df3>] do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180 [<ffffffff8220012b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.8%
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

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.11.10linux
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 581512a6dc939ef122e49336626ae159f3b8a345 - bea4779a45f49275b1e1b1bd9de03cd3727244d8
Linux/Linux 581512a6dc939ef122e49336626ae159f3b8a345 - fbf7085b3ad1c7cc0677834c90f985f1b4f77a33
Linux/Linux 6.11.10 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux 6.12
Linux/Linux 6.7
linux/linux_kernel 6.12 rc1 (7 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.7 - 6.11.10
Published Dec 02, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026