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

ACPI: processor_idle: Fix memory leak in acpi_processor_power_exit()

After unregistering the CPU idle device, the memory associated with
it is not freed, leading to a memory leak:

unreferenced object 0xffff896282f6c000 (size 1024):
comm "swapper/0", pid 1, jiffies 4294893170
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 0b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc 8836a742):
[<ffffffff993495ed>] kmalloc_trace+0x29d/0x340
[<ffffffff9972f3b3>] acpi_processor_power_init+0xf3/0x1c0
[<ffffffff9972d263>] __acpi_processor_start+0xd3/0xf0
[<ffffffff9972d2bc>] acpi_processor_start+0x2c/0x50
[<ffffffff99805872>] really_probe+0xe2/0x480
[<ffffffff99805c98>] __driver_probe_device+0x78/0x160
[<ffffffff99805daf>] driver_probe_device+0x1f/0x90
[<ffffffff9980601e>] __driver_attach+0xce/0x1c0
[<ffffffff99803170>] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0
[<ffffffff99804822>] bus_add_driver+0x112/0x210
[<ffffffff99807245>] driver_register+0x55/0x100
[<ffffffff9aee4acb>] acpi_processor_driver_init+0x3b/0xc0
[<ffffffff990012d1>] do_one_initcall+0x41/0x300
[<ffffffff9ae7c4b0>] kernel_init_freeable+0x320/0x470
[<ffffffff99b231f6>] kernel_init+0x16/0x1b0
[<ffffffff99042e6d>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50

Fix this by freeing the CPU idle device after unregistering it.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Wed, 13 Nov 2024 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:45:00 +0000


Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-770
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:59:04.768Z

Reserved: 2024-02-19T14:20:24.186Z

Link: CVE-2024-26894

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T00:21:05.515Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-17T11:15:10.630

Modified: 2025-03-21T14:43:42.297

Link: CVE-2024-26894

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-26894 - Bugzilla

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