PT-2024-21565 · Linux+9 · Linux Kernel+9
Published
2024-02-15
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Updated
2025-09-29
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CVE-2024-26894
CVSS v2.0
6.2
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A memory leak has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the ACPI processor idle functionality. After unregistering the CPU idle device, the associated memory is not freed, leading to a memory leak. The issue is related to the
acpi processor power exit() function. Technical details include a backtrace with various function calls, such as kmalloc trace+0x29d/0x340, acpi processor power init+0xf3/0x1c0, and really probe+0xe2/0x480. The memory leak is caused by an unreferenced object with a size of 1024 bytes.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
DoS
Allocation of Resources Without Limits
Memory Leak
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Almalinux
Astra Linux
Centos
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Red Os
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu