Security Advisory
CVE-2024-43888
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup
The mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj() is supposed to be called under rcu lock or
cgroup_mutex or others which could prevent returned memcg from being
freed. Fix it by adding missing rcu read lock.
Found by code inspection.
[songmuchun@bytedance.com: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]
Published Date
August 26, 2024
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory