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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 26, 2024· Updated Aug 4, 2026

CVE-2024-43888

CVE-2024-43888

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.

[[email protected]: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy5 versions
    (expand)+ 4 more
    • (no CPE)
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=6.8,<6.10.5
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 6.8
  • osv-coords
    pkg:linux/kernel
    Range: >= 6.8.0, < 6.10.5

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