CVE-2024-43888

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Oct 21, 2026

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]

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 26, 2024
Last modified
Oct 21, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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