Memory leak in Linux kernel octeontx2 nic driver

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU91636

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35975

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the otx2_qos_read_txschq_cfg_tl() function in drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/qos.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Linux kernel: All versions

External links

http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7af5582ea67209a23e44be9a9612ba7897be1f47
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b34fe77a1b18654233e4e54b334fcaeddf487100
http://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bccb798e07f8bb8b91212fe8ed1e421685449076

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.