CVE-2024-41025 misc: fastrpc: Fix memory leak in audio daemon attach operation

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the Linux kernel's fastrpc driver allows attackers to exhaust system memory, potentially causing a denial of service.

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-2024-41025?

CVE-2024-41025 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 29 Jul 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:

misc: fastrpc: Fix memory leak in audio daemon attach operation

Audio PD daemon send the name as part of the init IOCTL call. This name needs to be copied to kernel for which memory is allocated. This memory is never freed which might result in memory leak. Free the memory when it is not needed.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-41025?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-41025?

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-2024-41025 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-41025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-41025, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41025, GHSA-2mrp-h89g-g693, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-41025.

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