CVE-2024-43888

high

Description

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. [[email protected]: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil] Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5161b48712dcd08ec427c450399d4d1483e21dea

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4589f77c18dd98b65f45617b6d1e95313cf6fcab

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-08-26

Updated: 2024-08-27

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High