CVE-2024-43888

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43888
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-43888.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-43888
Downstream
Published
2024-08-26T10:10:40Z
Modified
2025-10-09T15:22:39.986220Z
Summary
mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup
Details

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

mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup

The memcgroupfromslabobj() 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]

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0a97c01cd20bb96359d8c9dedad92a061ed34e0b
Fixed
4589f77c18dd98b65f45617b6d1e95313cf6fcab
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0a97c01cd20bb96359d8c9dedad92a061ed34e0b
Fixed
5161b48712dcd08ec427c450399d4d1483e21dea

Affected versions

v6.*

v6.10
v6.10-rc1
v6.10-rc2
v6.10-rc3
v6.10-rc4
v6.10-rc5
v6.10-rc6
v6.10-rc7
v6.10.1
v6.10.2
v6.10.3
v6.10.4
v6.11-rc1
v6.7
v6.7-rc5
v6.7-rc6
v6.7-rc7
v6.7-rc8
v6.8
v6.8-rc1
v6.8-rc2
v6.8-rc3
v6.8-rc4
v6.8-rc5
v6.8-rc6
v6.8-rc7
v6.9
v6.9-rc1
v6.9-rc2
v6.9-rc3
v6.9-rc4
v6.9-rc5
v6.9-rc6
v6.9-rc7

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.8.0
Fixed
6.10.5