CVE-2024-43888
mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
26 Aug 2024Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup
The mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj() is supposed to be called under rcu lock or
cgroup_mutex or others which could prevent returned memcg from being
freed. Fix it by adding missing rcu read lock.
Found by code inspection.
[songmuchun@bytedance.com: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]
Affected products
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