CVE-2024-53236
Published: Dec 27, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: Free skb when TX metadata options are invalid When a new skb is allocated for transmitting an xsk descriptor, i.e., for every non-multibuf descriptor or the first frag of a multibuf descriptor, but the descriptor is later found to have invalid options set for the TX metadata, the new skb is never freed. This can leak skbs until the send buffer is full which makes sending more packets impossible. Fix this by freeing the skb in the error path if we are currently dealing with the first frag, i.e., an skb allocated in this iteration of xsk_build_skb.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 48eb03dd26304c24f03bdbb9382e89c8564e71df - < 7f0d0dd5a7f437d83cff954bc321f1a9b181efd5affected 48eb03dd26304c24f03bdbb9382e89c8564e71df - < d5d346deb65efa8453f8481bcea75c1a590439e7affected 48eb03dd26304c24f03bdbb9382e89c8564e71df - < 0c0d0f42ffa6ac94cd79893b7ed419c15e1b45de |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.8unaffected 0 - < 6.8unaffected 6.11.11 - <= 6.11.*unaffected 6.12.2 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.13 - <= * |
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