CVE-2024-56741
Jan. 7, 2025, 10:19 p.m.
5.5
Medium
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
apparmor: test: Fix memory leak for aa_unpack_strdup()
The string allocated by kmemdup() in aa_unpack_strdup() is not
freed and cause following memory leaks, free them to fix it.
unreferenced object 0xffffff80c6af8a50 (size 8):
comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 225, jiffies 4294894407
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 00 testing.
backtrace (crc 5eab668b):
[<0000000001e3714d>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
[<000000006e6c7776>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x300/0x3e0
[<000000006870467c>] kmemdup_noprof+0x34/0x60
[<000000001176bb03>] aa_unpack_strdup+0xd0/0x18c
[<000000008ecde918>] policy_unpack_test_unpack_strdup_with_null_name+0xf8/0x3ec
[<0000000032ef8f77>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac
[<00000000f3edea23>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec
[<00000000adf936cf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374
[<0000000041bb1628>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
unreferenced object 0xffffff80c2a29090 (size 8):
comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 227, jiffies 4294894409
hex dump (first 8 bytes):
74 65 73 74 69 6e 67 00 testing.
backtrace (crc 5eab668b):
[<0000000001e3714d>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40
[<000000006e6c7776>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x300/0x3e0
[<000000006870467c>] kmemdup_noprof+0x34/0x60
[<000000001176bb03>] aa_unpack_strdup+0xd0/0x18c
[<0000000046a45c1a>] policy_unpack_test_unpack_strdup_with_name+0xd0/0x3c4
[<0000000032ef8f77>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac
[<00000000f3edea23>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec
[<00000000adf936cf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374
[<0000000041bb1628>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Linux |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
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References
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: LOCAL
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Timeline
Published: Dec. 29, 2024, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 7, 2025, 10:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Jan. 7, 2025, 10:19 p.m.
Status : Analyzed
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
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