CVE-2024-56742
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-401
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages() Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages(). If a set of pages is allocated but fails to be added to the SG table, they need to be freed to prevent a memory leak. Any pages successfully added to the SG table will be freed as part of mlx5vf_free_data_buffer().
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e87bf3f77c18f5982c19ffe2732ef0c7a25f16 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e87bf3f77c18f5982c19ffe2732ef0c7a25f16Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/769fe4ce444b646b0bf6ac308de80686c730c7dfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c44f1b2ddfa81c8d7f8e9b6bc76c427bc00e69d5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/465e06ffbb681f6fe34ca3aeba4b609677c3d4c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549384162ed7e84bdefa004b589215d18b0190c5