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

RDMA/cma: Fix kmemleak in rdma_core observed during blktests nvme/rdma use siw

When running blktests nvme/rdma, the following kmemleak issue will appear.

kmemleak: Kernel memory leak detector initialized (mempool available:36041)
kmemleak: Automatic memory scanning thread started
kmemleak: 2 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
kmemleak: 8 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
kmemleak: 17 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)
kmemleak: 4 new suspected memory leaks (see /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak)

unreferenced object 0xffff88855da53400 (size 192):
comm "rdma", pid 10630, jiffies 4296575922
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
37 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 c0 ff ff ff 1f 00 00 00 7...............
10 34 a5 5d 85 88 ff ff 10 34 a5 5d 85 88 ff ff .4.].....4.]....
backtrace (crc 47f66721):
[<ffffffff911251bd>] kmalloc_trace+0x30d/0x3b0
[<ffffffffc2640ff7>] alloc_gid_entry+0x47/0x380 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc2642206>] add_modify_gid+0x166/0x930 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc2643468>] ib_cache_update.part.0+0x6d8/0x910 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc2644e1a>] ib_cache_setup_one+0x24a/0x350 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc263949e>] ib_register_device+0x9e/0x3a0 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc2a3d389>] 0xffffffffc2a3d389
[<ffffffffc2688cd8>] nldev_newlink+0x2b8/0x520 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc2645fe3>] rdma_nl_rcv_msg+0x2c3/0x520 [ib_core]
[<ffffffffc264648c>]
rdma_nl_rcv_skb.constprop.0.isra.0+0x23c/0x3a0 [ib_core]
[<ffffffff9270e7b5>] netlink_unicast+0x445/0x710
[<ffffffff9270f1f1>] netlink_sendmsg+0x761/0xc40
[<ffffffff9249db29>] __sys_sendto+0x3a9/0x420
[<ffffffff9249dc8c>] __x64_sys_sendto+0xdc/0x1b0
[<ffffffff92db0ad3>] do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180
[<ffffffff92e00126>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x71/0x79

The root cause: rdma_put_gid_attr is not called when sgid_attr is set
to ERR_PTR(-ENODEV).

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00012.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3eb127dc408bf7959a4920d04d16ce10e863686a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6564fc1818404254d1c9f7d75b403b4941516d26 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c0731832d3b7420cbadba6a7f334363bc8dfb15 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3a7fb93afd888793ef226e9665fbda98a95c48e cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024061947-CVE-2024-38539-5ae1@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38539 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38539 cve-icon
History

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T09:13:33.880Z

Reserved: 2024-06-18T19:36:34.918Z

Link: CVE-2024-38539

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:12:25.210Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-19T14:15:14.193

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:26:16.430

Link: CVE-2024-38539

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-38539 - Bugzilla

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