CVE-2024-35831

CVE Details

Release Date:

2024-05-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nio_uring: Fix release of pinned pages when __io_uaddr_map fails\nLooking at the error path of __io_uaddr_map, if we fail after pinning\nthe pages for any reasons, ret will be set to -EINVAL and the error\nhandler won't properly release the pinned pages.\nI didn't manage to trigger it without forcing a failure, but it can\nhappen in real life when memory is heavily fragmented.

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CVSS Scoring

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.1 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.5	CVSS Vector:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel)	ELSA-2024-9315	2024-11-14