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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2024-53236

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 12/27/2024 9:15:32 AM

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Added Description

								
							
							
						
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xsk: Free skb when TX metadata options are invalid

When a new skb is allocated for transmitting an xsk descriptor, i.e., for
every non-multibuf descriptor or the first frag of a multibuf descriptor,
but the descriptor is later found to have invalid options set for the TX
metadata, the new skb is never freed. This can leak skbs until the send
buffer is full which makes sending more packets impossible.

Fix this by freeing the skb in the error path if we are currently dealing
with the first frag, i.e., an skb allocated in this iteration of
xsk_build_skb.
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c0d0f42ffa6ac94cd79893b7ed419c15e1b45de
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f0d0dd5a7f437d83cff954bc321f1a9b181efd5
Added Reference

								
							
							
						
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d346deb65efa8453f8481bcea75c1a590439e7