CVE-2024-38603 drivers/perf: hisi: hns3: Actually use devm_add_action_or_reset()

What is CVE-2024-38603?

CVE-2024-38603 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jun 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:

drivers/perf: hisi: hns3: Actually use devm_add_action_or_reset()

pci_alloc_irq_vectors() allocates an irq vector. When devm_add_action() fails, the irq vector is not freed, which leads to a memory leak.

Replace the devm_add_action with devm_add_action_or_reset to ensure the irq vector can be destroyed when it fails.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38603?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-38603?

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-2024-38603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38603 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-2024-38603, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38603, GHSA-cgqc-h3vr-3xq2, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-38603.