SB2024102155 - Memory leak in Linux kernel exfat
Published: October 21, 2024 Updated: May 12, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024102155
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) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-50013)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the exfat_load_bitmap() function in fs/exfat/balloc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f692160d3e1e5450605071b8df8f7d08d9b09a83
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddf704c2ce3b73f38d2dd8cf1bb0f7ec038bdf63
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1813e52f86eb8db0c6c9570251f2fcbc571f5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0b3b35259475d1fe377bcaa565488e26684f7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dca359db1eb37f334267ebd7e3cab9a66d191d5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89081e8407e637463db5880d168e3652fb9f4330
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2b537b3e533f28e0d97293fe9293161fe8cd137
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.227
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.168
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.113
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.14
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.55