CVE-2024-26840

2024-04-1710:15:09

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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linux kernel

memory leak

cachefiles_add_cache

cache_cred

nvd

vulnerability

fix

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

13.2%

JSON

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):
[<ffffffff8eb8a1a5>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x2d5/0x370
[<ffffffff8e917f86>] prepare_creds+0x26/0x2e0
[<ffffffffc002eeef>] cachefiles_determine_cache_security+0x1f/0x120
[<ffffffffc00243ec>] cachefiles_add_cache+0x13c/0x3a0
[<ffffffffc0025216>] cachefiles_daemon_write+0x146/0x1c0
[<ffffffff8ebc4a3b>] vfs_write+0xcb/0x520
[<ffffffff8ebc5069>] ksys_write+0x69/0xf0
[<ffffffff8f6d4662>] do_syscall_64+0x72/0x140
[<ffffffff8f8000aa>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0x76

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 configurations

Vulners

Node

linuxlinux_kernelRange2.6.30–4.19.309

linuxlinux_kernelRange4.20.0–5.4.271

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.5.0–5.10.212

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.11.0–5.15.151

linuxlinux_kernelRange5.16.0–6.1.80

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.2.0–6.6.19

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.7.0–6.7.7

linuxlinux_kernelRange6.8.0≥

VendorProductVersionCPE
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxlinux_kernel*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	*	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/cachefiles/cache.c",
      "fs/cachefiles/daemon.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "cb5466783793",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "037d5a949b04",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "43eccc582373",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "94965be37add",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "8b218e2f0a27",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "38e921616320",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "9cac69912052",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      },
      {
        "version": "9ae326a69004",
        "lessThan": "e21a2f17566c",
        "status": "affected",
        "versionType": "git"
      }
    ]
  },
  {
    "product": "Linux",
    "vendor": "Linux",
    "defaultStatus": "affected",
    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
    "programFiles": [
      "fs/cachefiles/cache.c",
      "fs/cachefiles/daemon.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "2.6.30",
        "status": "affected"
      },
      {
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "2.6.30",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "4.19.309",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.4.271",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.10.212",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "5.15.151",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.1.80",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.6.19",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.7.7",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.7.*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "version": "6.8",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
        "status": "unaffected",
        "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
      }
    ]
  }
]