VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2024-43888
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2024-08-26
Last modified2026-10-21
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup The mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj() is supposed to be called under rcu lock or cgroup_mutex or others which could prevent returned memcg from being freed. Fix it by adding missing rcu read lock. Found by code inspection. [songmuchun@bytedance.com: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free