Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: Use memblockfreelate to free xbc memory to the buddy allocator. In the code for freeing xbc memory in xbcexit, memblock might have transferred memory to the buddy allocator. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to free...

The vulnerability of the xbc_init() function in the include/linux/bootconfig.h module of the Linux operating system allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the xbcinit function in the include/linux/bootconfig.h module of the Linux operating system is related to the reutilization of previously freed memory. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to cause a system failure...

CVE-2024-26983

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DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26983

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: use memblockfreelate to free xbc memory to buddy On the time to free xbc memory in xbcexit, memblock may has handed over memory to buddy allocator. So it doesn't make sense to free memory back to memblock. memblockfre...

AZL-54584 CVE-2024-26983 affecting package kernel 5.15.200.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: use memblockfreelate to free xbc memory to buddy On the time to free xbc memory in xbcexit, memblock may has handed over memory to buddy allocator. So it doesn't make sense to free memory back to memblock. memblockfre...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26983

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: use memblockfreelate to free xbc memory to buddy On the time to free xbc memory in xbcexit, memblock may has handed over memory to buddy allocator. So it doesn't make sense to free memory back to memblock. memblockfre...

PT-2024-21605

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.6.37 Description A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved, related to the bootconfig feature. The issue occurs when freeing xbc memory in the xbc exit function, where memblock may have already hand...