Vulnerability · Published Aug 20, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-43861net: usb: qmi_wwan: fix memory leak for not ip packets

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: usb: qmi_wwan: fix memory leak for not ip packets Free the unused skb when not ip packets arrive.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.106-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43861
Debian:13linux6.10.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43861
Debian:14linux6.10.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-50.51UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1072.78UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1020.22UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1075.84UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1020.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1076.85.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1071.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1069.75UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1015.19UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1055.62UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1017.17~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1067.73UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1069.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-125.135UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1067.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1019.21UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1019.21.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1032.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1018.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1070.76UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1065.68UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-50.51.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmp5.15.0-1038.42UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43861

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before 3c90a69533b5bba73401ef884d033ea49ee99662c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before 37c093449704017870604994ba9b813cdb9475a4c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before e87f52225e04a7001bf55bbd7a330fa4252327b5c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before c4251a3deccad852b27e60625f31fba6cc14372fc6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before da518cc9b64df391795d9952aed551e0f782e446c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before f2c353227de14b0289298ffc3ba92058c4768384c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before c6c5b91424fafc0f83852d961c10c7e43a001882c6adf77953bcec0ad63d7782479452464e50f7a3 – before 7ab107544b777c3bd7feb9fe447367d8edd5b202
Linux Linux 4.12

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