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CVE-2024-43888
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-08-26T11:15:03.930 · Last modified 2026-06-17T07:51:56.020

Summary

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. [[email protected]: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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