CVE-2024-56534: isofs: avoid memory leak in iocharset

Published Dec 27, 2024
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

isofs: avoid memory leak in iocharset

A memleak was found as below:

unreferenced object 0xffff0000d10164d8 (size 8): comm "pool-udisksd", pid 108217, jiffies 4295408555 hex dump (first 8 bytes): 75 74 66 38 00 cc cc cc utf8.... backtrace (crc de430d31): [<ffff800081046e6c>] kmemleakalloc+0xb8/0xc8 [<ffff8000803e6c3c>] kmallocnodetrackcallernoprof+0x380/0x474 [<ffff800080363b74>] kstrdup+0x70/0xfc [<ffff80007bb3c6a4>] isofsparseparam+0x228/0x2c0 [isofs] [<ffff8000804d7f68>] vfsparsefsparam+0xf4/0x164 [<ffff8000804d8064>] vfsparsefsstring+0x8c/0xd4 [<ffff8000804d815c>] vfsparsemonolithicsep+0xb0/0xfc [<ffff8000804d81d8>] genericparsemonolithic+0x30/0x3c [<ffff8000804d8bfc>] parsemonolithicmountdata+0x40/0x4c [<ffff8000804b6a64>] pathmount+0x6c4/0x9ec [<ffff8000804b6e38>] domount+0xac/0xc4 [<ffff8000804b7494>] arm64sysmount+0x16c/0x2b0 [<ffff80008002b8dc>] invokesyscall+0x7c/0x104 [<ffff80008002ba44>] el0svccommon.constprop.1+0xe0/0x104 [<ffff80008002ba94>] doel0svc+0x2c/0x38 [<ffff800081041108>] el0svc+0x3c/0x1b8

The opt->iocharset is freed inside the isofsfillsuper function, But there may be situations where it's not possible to enter this function.

For example, in the gettreebdevflags function,when encountering the situation where "Can't mount, would change RO state," In such a case, isofsfillsuper will not have the opportunity to be called,which means that opt->iocharset will not have the chance to be freed,ultimately leading to a memory leak.

Let's move the memory freeing of opt->iocharset into isofsfreefc function.

Affected Software

3 affected componentsFixes available
Linux Linux kernel>=6.10<6.11.11
Linux Linux kernel>=6.12<6.12.2
debian/linux
5.10.223-15.10.234-16.1.129-16.1.135-16.12.25-1

Event History

Dec 27, 2024
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:11 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:11 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·02:15 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software
Mar 28, 2025
Data Sourced
via Ubuntu·01:04 AM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2024-56534?

The severity of CVE-2024-56534 is currently classified as moderate.

2

How do I fix CVE-2024-56534?

To fix CVE-2024-56534, upgrade to the versions 5.10.223-1, 5.10.226-1, 6.1.123-1, 6.1.128-1, 6.12.12-1, or 6.12.15-1 of the Linux kernel.

3

What software is affected by CVE-2024-56534?

CVE-2024-56534 affects specific versions of the Linux kernel, particularly those between versions 6.10 and 6.11.11 and versions between 6.12 and 6.12.2.

4

What does CVE-2024-56534 involve?

CVE-2024-56534 involves a memory leak in the isofs file system leading to unreferenced objects within the Linux kernel.

5

When was CVE-2024-56534 resolved?

CVE-2024-56534 was resolved with updates that address the memory leak issue in the affected Linux kernel versions.

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