Linux Kernel up to 6.6.32/6.8.11/6.9.2 rdma_core memory leak

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.32/6.8.11/6.9.2. The affected element is the function rdma_core. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-38539. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.6.32/6.8.11/6.9.2. Affected by this vulnerability is the function rdma_core. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/cma: Fix kmemleak in rdma_core observed during blktests nvme/rdma use siw When running blktests nvme/rdma, the following kmemleak issue will appear. kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector initialized (mempool available:36041) kmemleak: Automatic memory scanning thread started kmemleak: 2 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) kmemleak: 8 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) kmemleak: 17 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) kmemleak: 4 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak) unreferenced object 0xffff88855da53400 (size 192): comm "rdma", pid 10630, jiffies 4296575922 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 37 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 ff ff ff 1f 00 00 00 7............... 10 34 a5 5d 85 88 ff ff 10 34 a5 5d 85 88 ff ff .4.].....4.].... backtrace (crc 47f66721): [] kmalloc_trace+0x30d/0x3b0 [] alloc_gid_entry+0x47/0x380 [ib_core] [] add_modify_gid+0x166/0x930 [ib_core] [] ib_cache_update.part.0+0x6d8/0x910 [ib_core] [] ib_cache_setup_one+0x24a/0x350 [ib_core] [] ib_register_device+0x9e/0x3a0 [ib_core] [] 0xffffffffc2a3d389 [] nldev_newlink+0x2b8/0x520 [ib_core] [] rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x2c3/0x520 [ib_core] [] rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0.isra.0+0x23c/0x3a0 [ib_core] [] netlink_unicast+0x445/0x710 [] netlink_sendmsg+0x761/0xc40 [] __sys_sendto+0x3a9/0x420 [] __x64_sys_sendto+0xdc/0x1b0 [] do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79 The root cause: rdma_put_gid_attr is not called when sgid_attr is set to ERR_PTR(-ENODEV).

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-38539 since 06/18/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 6.6.33, 6.8.12 or 6.9.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 3eb127dc408b/6564fc181840/b3a7fb93afd8/9c0731832d3b is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2024-1418). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• IBM InfoSphere Guardium
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle VM
• IBM Security Guardium
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Broadcom Brocade SANnav
• Dell NetWorker
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell Avamar
• IBM Storage Scale
• Juniper Junos Space
• SolarWinds Security Event Manager
• Dell PowerProtect Data Domain

Productinfo

Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.6.0
• 6.6.1
• 6.6.2
• 6.6.3
• 6.6.4
• 6.6.5
• 6.6.6
• 6.6.7
• 6.6.8
• 6.6.9
• 6.6.10
• 6.6.11
• 6.6.12
• 6.6.13
• 6.6.14
• 6.6.15
• 6.6.16
• 6.6.17
• 6.6.18
• 6.6.19
• 6.6.20
• 6.6.21
• 6.6.22
• 6.6.23
• 6.6.24
• 6.6.25
• 6.6.26
• 6.6.27
• 6.6.28
• 6.6.29
• 6.6.30
• 6.6.31
• 6.6.32
• 6.8.0
• 6.8.1
• 6.8.2
• 6.8.3
• 6.8.4
• 6.8.5
• 6.8.6
• 6.8.7
• 6.8.8
• 6.8.9
• 6.8.10
• 6.8.11
• 6.9.0
• 6.9.1
• 6.9.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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