UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50013: Medium severity ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge vulnerability

Q: What condition triggers the memory leak?

The leak occurs when the first directory entry in an exFAT root directory is not a bitmap directory entry. In that case, the buffer head named 'bh' is not released before it is reassigned.

Q: What systems are in scope?

The issue is listed for Ubuntu kernel packages including linux, linux-realtime, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-riscv, linux-fips, and linux-azure-fde. Exploitation requires access to an affected exFAT filesystem with the triggering root-directory layout.

Q: What is the reported availability impact?

The supplied severity vector reports low availability impact and no reported confidentiality or integrity impact. User interaction is required according to the vector.

Published Oct 21, 2024

Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix memory leak in exfatloadbitmap() If the first directory entry in the root directory is not a bitmap directory entry, 'bh' will not be released and reassigned, which will cause a memory leak.

Affected Software

146 affected componentsFixes available

ubuntu/linux-hwe-edge*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-azure-edge*

ubuntu/linux-gcp*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-gke-4.15*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.4*

ubuntu/linux-hwe*

ubuntu/linux-oem*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.0*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.3*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.15<5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1

5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.15<5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1

5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.15<5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1

5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1

5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm-5.15<5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1

5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg-5.15<5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1

5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15<5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1

5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15<5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1

5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.15<5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1

5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.15<5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1

5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-gke*

ubuntu/linux-gke-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-gkeop-5.15*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-intel-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.10*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.6*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.13*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-5.8*

ubuntu/linux-raspi2*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.11*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.8*

ubuntu/linux<5.15.0-127.137

5.15.0-127.137

ubuntu/linux-allwinner-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws<5.15.0-1073.79

5.15.0-1073.79

ubuntu/linux-aws-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-aws-6.8<6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1

6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure<5.15.0-1078.87

5.15.0-1078.87

ubuntu/linux-azure-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.8<6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1

6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde<5.15.0-1078.87.1

5.15.0-1078.87.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fde-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp<5.15.0-1072.80

5.15.0-1072.80

ubuntu/linux-gcp-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.8<6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1

6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<5.15.0-1070.76

5.15.0-1070.76

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<5.15.0-1056.63

5.15.0-1056.63

ubuntu/linux-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1

6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-ibm<5.15.0-1066.69

5.15.0-1066.69

ubuntu/linux-ibm-6.8<6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1

6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-intel-iotg<5.15.0-1071.77

5.15.0-1071.77

ubuntu/linux-kvm<5.15.0-1070.75

5.15.0-1070.75

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<5.15.0-127.137

5.15.0-127.137

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8<6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<5.15.0-1068.69

5.15.0-1068.69

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.8<6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2

6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra<5.15.0-1032.32

5.15.0-1032.32

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-tegra-igx<5.15.0-1020.20

5.15.0-1020.20

ubuntu/linux-oem-5.17*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.0*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.1*

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle<5.15.0-1071.77

5.15.0-1071.77

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-oracle-6.8<6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1

6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-raspi<5.15.0-1066.69

5.15.0-1066.69

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-riscv-6.8<6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1

6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-starfive-5.19*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.2*

ubuntu/linux-starfive-6.5*

ubuntu/linux-xilinx-zynqmp<5.15.0-1039.43

5.15.0-1039.43

ubuntu/linux-bluefield<5.15.0-1057.59

5.15.0-1057.59

ubuntu/linux-intel-iot-realtime<5.15.0-1066.68

5.15.0-1066.68

ubuntu/linux-realtime<5.15.0-1074.82

5.15.0-1074.82

ubuntu/linux-realtime-6.8<6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1

6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips*

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips*

ubuntu/linux-fips*

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips*

ubuntu/linux-aws-fips<5.15.0-1073.79+fips1

5.15.0-1073.79+fips1

ubuntu/linux-azure-fips<5.15.0-1078.87+fips1

5.15.0-1078.87+fips1

ubuntu/linux-fips<5.15.0-127.137+fips1

5.15.0-127.137+fips1

ubuntu/linux-gcp-fips<5.15.0-1072.80+fips1

5.15.0-1072.80+fips1

ubuntu/linux<6.8.0-54.56

6.8.0-54.56

ubuntu/linux-aws<6.8.0-1023.25

6.8.0-1023.25

ubuntu/linux-azure<6.8.0-1025.30

6.8.0-1025.30

ubuntu/linux-azure-6.11<6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1

6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-azure-nvidia<6.8.0-1014.15

6.8.0-1014.15

ubuntu/linux-gcp<6.8.0-1024.26

6.8.0-1024.26

ubuntu/linux-gcp-6.11<6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1

6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1

ubuntu/linux-gke<6.8.0-1019.23

6.8.0-1019.23

ubuntu/linux-gkeop<6.8.0-1006.8

6.8.0-1006.8

ubuntu/linux-ibm<6.8.0-1022.22

6.8.0-1022.22

ubuntu/linux-lowlatency<6.8.0-54.56.1

6.8.0-54.56.1

ubuntu/linux-nvidia<6.8.0-1022.25

6.8.0-1022.25

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-6.11<6.11.0-1007.7

6.11.0-1007.7

ubuntu/linux-nvidia-lowlatency<6.8.0-1022.25.2

6.8.0-1022.25.2

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.11<6.11.0-1015.15

6.11.0-1015.15

ubuntu/linux-oem-6.8<6.8.0-1024.24

6.8.0-1024.24

ubuntu/linux-oracle<6.8.0-1020.21

6.8.0-1020.21

ubuntu/linux-raspi<6.8.0-1019.23

6.8.0-1019.23

ubuntu/linux-realtime*

ubuntu/linux-riscv<6.8.0-53.55.1

6.8.0-53.55.1

ubuntu/linux-xilinx<6.8.0-1017.18

6.8.0-1017.18

ubuntu/linux-raspi-realtime<6.8.0-2018.19

6.8.0-2018.19

ubuntu/linux-realtime<6.8.1-1016.17

6.8.1-1016.17

ubuntu/linux-fips<6.8.0-78.78+fips1

6.8.0-78.78+fips1

Remediation

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Event History

Oct 21, 2024

CVE Published

via OSV·07:15 PM

Data Sourced

via OSV·07:15 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

What condition triggers the memory leak?

The leak occurs when the first directory entry in an exFAT root directory is not a bitmap directory entry. In that case, the buffer head named 'bh' is not released before it is reassigned.

What systems are in scope?