CVE-2024-38554
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device There is a reference count leak issue of the object "net_device" in ax25_dev_device_down().
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: Fix reference count leak issue of net_device There is a reference count leak issue of the object "net_device" in ax25_dev_device_down(). When the ax25 device is shutting down, the ax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count of net_device one or zero times depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will cause memory leak. In order to solve the above issue, decrease the reference count of net_device after dev->ax25_ptr is set to null.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e56b1b002bb26440403053f19f9e1a8bc075b2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec437f9bbae68e9b38115c4c91de995f73f6badPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bad3a20a27be8d935f2aae08d3c6e743754944aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/965d940fb7414b310a22666503d2af69459c981bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef95df9b752699bddecefa851f64858247246e9Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e56b1b002bb26440403053f19f9e1a8bc075b2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec437f9bbae68e9b38115c4c91de995f73f6badPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bad3a20a27be8d935f2aae08d3c6e743754944aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/965d940fb7414b310a22666503d2af69459c981bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eef95df9b752699bddecefa851f64858247246e9Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.