CVE-2024-35833 dmaengine: fsl-qdma: Fix a memory leak related to the queue command DMA
A memory leak in the fsl-qdma driver can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service, requiring a kernel patch.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-35833?
CVE-2024-35833 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: fsl-qdma: Fix a memory leak related to the queue command DMA
This dma_alloc_coherent() is undone neither in the remove function, nor in the error handling path of fsl_qdma_probe().
Switch to the managed version to fix both issues.
Weakness: CWE-401
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35833?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-35833?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-35833 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35833 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-35833, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35833, GHSA-phx3-79h9-xhvq, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35833.