CVE-2024-56712

Medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udmabuf: fix memory leak on last export_udmabuf() error path In export_udmabuf(), if dma_buf_fd() fails because the FD table is full, a dma_buf owning the udmabuf has already been created; but the error handling in udmabuf_create() will tear down the udmabuf without doing anything about the containing dma_buf. This leaves a dma_buf in memory that contains a dangling pointer; though that doesn't seem to lead to anything bad except a memory leak. Fix it by moving the dma_buf_fd() call out of export_udmabuf() so that we can give it different error handling. Note that the shape of this code changed a lot in commit 5e72b2b41a21 ("udmabuf: convert udmabuf driver to use folios"); but the memory leak seems to have existed since the introduction of udmabuf.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedDec 29, 2024
First seenDec 29, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-401CWE-401

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.12.7 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.20 ≤ v < 6.12.7, 6.136.12.7

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CVE-2024-56712 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar