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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2024-53077

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rpcrdma: Always release the rpcrdma_device's xa_array Dai pointed out that the xa_init_flags() in rpcrdma_add_one() needs to have a matching xa_destroy() in rpcrdma_remove_one() to release underlying memory that the xarray might have accrued during operation.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)

'Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't effectively release allocated memory after it is used. If not addressed, this enables attackers to launch denial of service attacks (by crashing or hanging the program) or take advantage of other unexpected behavior resulting from low memory conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published