CVE-2024-35930 scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc()

What is CVE-2024-35930?

CVE-2024-35930 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 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:

scsi: lpfc: Fix possible memory leak in lpfc_rcv_padisc()

The call to lpfc_sli4_resume_rpi() in lpfc_rcv_padisc() may return an unsuccessful status. In such cases, the elsiocb is not issued, the completion is not called, and thus the elsiocb resource is leaked.

Check return value after calling lpfc_sli4_resume_rpi() and conditionally release the elsiocb resource.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-35930?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-35930?

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-2024-35930 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-35930 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-35930, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-35930, GHSA-xwxp-fcpw-w82j, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-35930.