CVE-2024-26894
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor_idle: Fix memory leak in acpi_processor_power_exit() After unregistering the CPU idle device, the memory associated with it is not freed, leading to a memory leak: unreferenced object 0xffff896282f6c000 (size 1024): comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294893170 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc 8836a742): [<ffffffff993495ed>] kmalloc_trace+0x29d/0x340 [<ffffffff9972f3b3>] acpi_processor_power_init+0xf3/0x1c0 [<ffffffff9972d263>] __acpi_processor_start+0xd3/0xf0 [<ffffffff9972d2bc>] acpi_processor_start+0x2c/0x50 [<ffffffff99805872>] really_probe+0xe2/0x480 [<ffffffff99805c98>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160 [<ffffffff99805daf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90 [<ffffffff9980601e>] __driver_attach+0xce/0x1c0 [<ffffffff99803170>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 [<ffffffff99804822>] bus_add_driver+0x112/0x210 [<ffffffff99807245>] driver_register+0x55/0x100 [<ffffffff9aee4acb>] acpi_processor_driver_init+0x3b/0xc0 [<ffffffff990012d1>] do_one_initcall+0x41/0x300 [<ffffffff9ae7c4b0>] kernel_init_freeable+0x320/0x470 [<ffffffff99b231f6>] kernel_init+0x16/0x1b0 [<ffffffff99042e6d>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50 Fix this by freeing the CPU idle device after unregistering it.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 4.19.311 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.7.12-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.7.12-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.7.12-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.10.216-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.85-1 |
| 10.0 | Affected | — |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-553.22.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | — |
| 8 | Fixed | — |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | — |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9315
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cbaf4c793b0808532f4e7b40bc4be7cec2c78f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d48e5be107429ff5d824e7f2a00d1b610d36fbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d14a4d0afb49a5b8535d414c782bb334860e73e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a30c81bf3cb9033fa9f5305baf7c377075e2e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd5c2d0b09d5b6d3f0a7bbabe6761a4997e9dee9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d351bcadab6caa6d8ce7159ff4b77e2da35c09fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e18afcb7b2a12b635ac10081f943fcf84ddacc51
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea96bf3f80625cddba1391a87613356b1b45716d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad9bcd4d754cc689c19dc04d2c44b82c1a5d6c8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00017.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00020.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-265688.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7000
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:7001
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26894.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-26894
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7000
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258012
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2258013
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2260038
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265799
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2265838
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266358
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2266750
CWEs
CWE-770
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.