Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: kernel (CVE-2024-56710)

The version of kernel installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-56710 advisory. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leak in...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56710

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leak in cephdirectreadwrite The bvecs array which is allocated in itergetbvecsalloc is leaked and pages remain pinned if cephallocsparseextmap fails. There is no need to delay the allocation of sparseext map unti...

CVE-2024-56710

CVE-2024-56710 is a Linux kernel vulnerability involving a memory leak in the ceph Direct I/O path. The bvecs array allocated in iter_get_bvecs_alloc() can leak and leave pages pinned if ceph_alloc_sparse_ext_map() fails. The fix moves sparse_ext allocation earlier (and applies a similar adjustme...