Vulnerability · Published Dec 29, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-56712udmabuf: fix memory leak on last export_udmabuf() error path

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-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 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.5% 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: udmabuf: fix memory leak on last export_udmabuf() error path In export_udmabuf(), if dma_buf_fd() fails because the FD table is full, a dma_buf owning the udmabuf has already been created; but the error handling in udmabuf_create() will tear down the udmabuf without doing anything about the containing dma_buf. This leaves a dma_buf in memory that contains a dangling pointer; though that doesn't seem to lead to anything bad except a memory leak. Fix it by moving the dma_buf_fd() call out of export_udmabuf() so that we can give it different error handling. Note that the shape of this code changed a lot in commit 5e72b2b41a21 ("udmabuf: convert udmabuf driver to use folios"); but the memory leak seems to have existed since the introduction of udmabuf.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-56712
Debian:13linux6.12.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56712
Debian:14linux6.12.8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-21.21~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56712

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 – before 00ebdef47994206f60546929a0f6f63285497272fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 – before e469922fbdf6ad729e5dc8d49289b5036a0ecdf8fbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 – before c9fc8428d4255c2128da9c4d5cd92e554d0150cffbb0de795078190a9834b3409e4b009cfb18a6d4 – before f49856f525acd5bef52ae28b7da2e001bbe7439e
Linux Linux 4.20

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

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