ghsa-g638-g65r-64rm
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: fix memory leak in cachefiles_add_cache()
The following memory leak was reported after unbinding /dev/cachefiles:
==================================================================
unreferenced object 0xffff9b674176e3c0 (size 192):
comm "cachefilesd2", pid 680, jiffies 4294881224
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc ea38a44b):
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Put the reference count of cache_cred in cachefiles_daemon_unbind() to fix the problem. And also put cache_cred in cachefiles_add_cache() error branch to avoid memory leaks.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-26840"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-17T10:15:09Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: fix memory leak in cachefiles_add_cache()\n\nThe following memory leak was reported after unbinding /dev/cachefiles:\n\n==================================================================\nunreferenced object 0xffff9b674176e3c0 (size 192):\n comm \"cachefilesd2\", pid 680, jiffies 4294881224\n hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................\n backtrace (crc ea38a44b):\n [\u003cffffffff8eb8a1a5\u003e] kmem_cache_alloc+0x2d5/0x370\n [\u003cffffffff8e917f86\u003e] prepare_creds+0x26/0x2e0\n [\u003cffffffffc002eeef\u003e] cachefiles_determine_cache_security+0x1f/0x120\n [\u003cffffffffc00243ec\u003e] cachefiles_add_cache+0x13c/0x3a0\n [\u003cffffffffc0025216\u003e] cachefiles_daemon_write+0x146/0x1c0\n [\u003cffffffff8ebc4a3b\u003e] vfs_write+0xcb/0x520\n [\u003cffffffff8ebc5069\u003e] ksys_write+0x69/0xf0\n [\u003cffffffff8f6d4662\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x72/0x140\n [\u003cffffffff8f8000aa\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76\n==================================================================\n\nPut the reference count of cache_cred in cachefiles_daemon_unbind() to\nfix the problem. And also put cache_cred in cachefiles_add_cache() error\nbranch to avoid memory leaks.",
"id": "GHSA-g638-g65r-64rm",
"modified": "2024-06-27T15:30:38Z",
"published": "2024-04-17T12:32:03Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26840"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/037d5a949b0455540ef9aab34c10ddf54b65d285"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38e921616320d159336b0ffadb09e9fb4945c7c3"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43eccc5823732ba6daab2511ed32dfc545a666d8"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b218e2f0a27a9f09428b1847b4580640b9d1e58"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94965be37add0983672e48ecb33cdbda92b62579"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cac69912052a4def571fedf1cb9bb4ec590e25a"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb5466783793e66272624cf71925ae1d1ba32083"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e21a2f17566cbd64926fb8f16323972f7a064444"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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