CVE-2024-50068

5.5 · MEDIUM

Published Oct 29, 2024 linux CWE-401 EPSS 0.18% (8th pctl) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Overview

CVE-2024-50068 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on October 29, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/damon/tests/sysfs-kunit.h: fix memory leak in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets()

The sysfs_target->regions allocated in damon_sysfs_regions_alloc() is not

freed in damon_sysfs_test_add_targets(), which cause the following memory

leak, free it to fix it.

unreferenced object 0xffffff80c2a8db80 (size 96):

comm "kunit_try_catch", pid 187, jiffies 4294894363

hex dump (first 32 bytes):

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

backtrace (crc 0):

[<0000000001e3714d>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40

[<000000008e6835c1>] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x26c/0x2f4

[<000000001286d9f8>] damon_sysfs_test_add_targets+0x1cc/0x738

[<0000000032ef8f77>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac

[<00000000f3edea23>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec

[<00000000adf936cf>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374

[<0000000041bb1628

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.7, < 6.11.5	Affected

References

Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/05d43455f6bffa6abc7b937ca58be00452e6973f Ref git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d6a1c835685de3b0c8e8dc871f60f4ef92ab01a

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-50068?

CVE-2024-50068 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on October 29, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2024-50068?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2024-50068?

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