SB2024031336 - Denial of service in Linux kernel membarrier
Published: March 13, 2024 Updated: May 14, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024031336
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26602)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper resource management in kernel/sched/membarrier.c. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd139875e9a7688b3fc715264032620812a5fa3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2441a64070b85c14eecc3728cc87e883f953f265
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db896bbe4a9c67cee377e5f6a743350d3ae4acf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50fb4e17df319bb33be6f14e2a856950c1577dee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24ec7504a08a67247fbe798d1de995208a8c128a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a2a9cbb67545c825ec95f06adb7ff300a2ad71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5b2063c65d05e79fad8029324581d86cfba7eea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944d5fe50f3f03daacfea16300e656a1691c4a23
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.307
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.210
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.149
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.269
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.79
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.18
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.7.6
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.8