PT-2024-35583 · Linux+5 · Linux Kernel+5
Published
2024-11-12
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Updated
2025-09-29
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CVE-2024-53118
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The Linux kernel has a memory leak issue in the vsock component. The kernel queues MSG ZEROCOPY completion notifications on the error queue, where they remain until explicitly received. To prevent memory leaks, the queue should be cleaned up when the socket is destroyed.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Memory Leak
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu