#VU93016 Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-31076
Published: June 21, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU93016
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31076
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the migrate_one_irq() function in kernel/irq/cpuhotplug.c, within the __send_cleanup_vector(), irq_complete_move() and irq_force_complete_move() functions in arch/x86/kernel/apic/vector.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a40209d355afe4ed6d533507838c9e5cd70a76d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5f4675960609d8c5ee95f027fbf6ce380f98372
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6752dfcfff3ac3e16625ebd3f0ad9630900e7e76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9eeda3e0071a329af1eba15f4e57dc39576bb420
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9c96d01d520498b169ce734a8ad1142bef86a30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59f86a2908380d09cdc726461c0fbb8d8579c99f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebfb16fc057a016abb46a9720a54abf0d4f6abe1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6c11c0a5235fb144a65e0cb2ffd360ddc1f6c32
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.316
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.219
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.161
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.278
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.93
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.33