CVE Published: 26/08/2024 |
CVE Updated: 05/11/2024 |
CVE Year: 2024 Source: Linux |
Vendor: Linux |
Product: Linux Status : PUBLISHED
CVE-2024-43888 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]
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240801024603.1865-1-songmuchun@bytedance.com