CVE-2024-41023 sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/deadline: Fix taskstruct reference leak During the execution of the following stress test with linux-rt: stress-ng --cyclic 30 --timeout 30 --minimize --quiet kmemleak frequently reported a memory leak concerning the...

CVE-2024-41023 sched/deadline: Fix task_struct reference leak

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/deadline: Fix taskstruct reference leak During the execution of the following stress test with linux-rt: stress-ng --cyclic 30 --timeout 30 --minimize --quiet kmemleak frequently reported a memory leak concerning the...

CVE-2024-41023

CVE-2024-41023 — Linux kernel vulnerability in sched/deadline: a task_struct reference leak occurs when a timer is canceled before expiration after start_dl_timer() increments the refcount. The leak happens because the timer callback is supposed to decrement the reference count, but an early-canc...

Linux Kernel Security Vulnerabilities

Linux kernel is the kernel used by the Linux Foundation's open source operating system Linux. A security vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel that originates from increasing the reference count of a taskstruct in startdltimer and setting a timer; if enqueuetaskdl is called and canceled before...