Vulnerability · Published Dec 29, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-56729smb: Initialize cfid->tcon before performing network ops

Medium 4.7

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 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.7Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.2% 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: smb: Initialize cfid->tcon before performing network ops Avoid leaking a tcon ref when a lease break races with opening the cached directory. Processing the leak break might take a reference to the tcon in cached_dir_lease_break() and then fail to release the ref in cached_dir_offload_close, since cfid->tcon is still NULL.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-56729
Debian:13linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56729
Debian:14linux6.12.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-58.60UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1027.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1027.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1027.32~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1014.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1028.30UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1028.30~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1010.12UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1024.24UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1024.24~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.116.11.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1026.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1026.29.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1008.8UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.116.11.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.86.8.0-1026.26UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1024.25UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1024.25~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv6.8.0-58.60.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-58.60.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1017.18UBUNTU-CVE-2024-56729

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux ebe98f1447bbccf8228335c62d86af02a0ed23f7 – before 269ff24a5b2b58600151e04e964d2043bfe1843cebe98f1447bbccf8228335c62d86af02a0ed23f7 – before 625e2357c8fcfae6e66dcc667dc656fe390bab15ebe98f1447bbccf8228335c62d86af02a0ed23f7 – before 4b216c8f9c7d84ef7de33ca60b97e08e03ef3292ebe98f1447bbccf8228335c62d86af02a0ed23f7 – before 1b9ab6b648f89441c8a13cb3fd8ca83ffebc5262ebe98f1447bbccf8228335c62d86af02a0ed23f7 – before c353ee4fb119a2582d0e011f66a76a38f5cf984d
Linux Linux 6.1

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

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