Vulnerability · Published Dec 27, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-53210s390/iucv: MSG_PEEK causes memory leak in iucv_sock_destruct()

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity memory leak 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 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.9% 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: s390/iucv: MSG_PEEK causes memory leak in iucv_sock_destruct() Passing MSG_PEEK flag to skb_recv_datagram() increments skb refcount (skb->users) and iucv_sock_recvmsg() does not decrement skb refcount at exit. This results in skb memory leak in skb_queue_purge() and WARN_ON in iucv_sock_destruct() during socket close. To fix this decrease skb refcount by one if MSG_PEEK is set in order to prevent memory leak and WARN_ON. WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 6292 at net/iucv/af_iucv.c:286 iucv_sock_destruct+0x144/0x1a0 [af_iucv] CPU: 2 PID: 6292 Comm: afiucv_test_msg Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc7 #1 Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (z/VM 7.3.0) Call Trace: [<001587c682c4aa98>] iucv_sock_destruct+0x148/0x1a0 [af_iucv] [<001587c682c4a9d0>] iucv_sock_destruct+0x80/0x1a0 [af_iucv] [<001587c704117a32>] __sk_destruct+0x52/0x550 [<001587c704104a54>] __sock_release+0xa4/0x230 [<001587c704104c0c>] sock_close+0x2c/0x40 [<001587c702c5f5a8>] __fput+0x2e8/0x970 [<001587c7024148c4>] task_work_run+0x1c4/0x2c0 [<001587c7023b0716>] do_exit+0x996/0x1050 [<001587c7023b13aa>] do_group_exit+0x13a/0x360 [<001587c7023b1626>] __s390x_sys_exit_group+0x56/0x60 [<001587c7022bccca>] do_syscall+0x27a/0x380 [<001587c7049a6a0c>] __do_syscall+0x9c/0x160 [<001587c7049ce8a8>] system_call+0x70/0x98 Last Breaking-Event-Address: [<001587c682c4a9d4>] iucv_sock_destruct+0x84/0x1a0 [af_iucv]

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.123-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53210
Debian:13linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53210
Debian:14linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-202.212USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1119.126USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1119.126UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1125.134UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1125.134USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1124.133USN-8962-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1124.133UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1120.130USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1120.130UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1115.121UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1115.121USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1102.110USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1102.110UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1113.117UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1113.117USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1114.120UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1114.120USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1111.116USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1111.116UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-197.207UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-197.207USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1114.115USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1114.115UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra5.15.0-1070.72USN-8963-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59USN-8963-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igx5.15.0-1059.59UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1116.122USN-8961-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1116.122UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux eac3731bd04c7131478722a3c148b78774553116 – before 934326aef7ac4652f81c69d18bf44eebaefc39c3eac3731bd04c7131478722a3c148b78774553116 – before 42251c2d1ef1cb0822638bebb87ad9120c759673eac3731bd04c7131478722a3c148b78774553116 – before 783c2c6e61c5a04eb8baea598753d5fa174dbe85eac3731bd04c7131478722a3c148b78774553116 – before 9f603e66e1c59c1d25e60eb0636cb307d190782eeac3731bd04c7131478722a3c148b78774553116 – before ebaf81317e42aa990ad20b113cfe3a7b20d4e937
Linux Linux 2.6.21

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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