CVE-2024-56742
vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages()
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.3 Low
- Published
- Dec 29, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 29, 2024
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vfio/mlx5: Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages()
Fix an unwind issue in mlx5vf_add_migration_pages().
If a set of pages is allocated but fails to be added to the SG table, they need to be freed to prevent a memory leak.
Any pages successfully added to the SG table will be freed as part of mlx5vf_free_data_buffer().
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.3 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549384162ed7e84bdefa004b589215d18b0190c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/465e06ffbb681f6fe34ca3aeba4b609677c3d4c1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/769fe4ce444b646b0bf6ac308de80686c730c7df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c44f1b2ddfa81c8d7f8e9b6bc76c427bc00e69d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e87bf3f77c18f5982c19ffe2732ef0c7a25f16
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