CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-46937
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-02-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-668
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/damon/dbgfs: fix 'struct pid' leaks in 'dbgfs_target_ids_write()'
DAMON debugfs interface increases the reference counts of 'struct pid's
for targets from the 'target_ids' file write callback
('dbgfs_target_ids_write()'), but decreases the counts only in DAMON
monitoring termination callback ('dbgfs_before_terminate()').
Therefore, when 'target_ids' file is repeatedly written without DAMON
monitoring start/termination, the reference count is not decreased and
therefore memory for the 'struct pid' cannot be freed. This commit
fixes this issue by decreasing the reference counts when 'target_ids' is
written.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.15.0 < 5.15.13)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb3f994dd92f8fb4d70c7541091216c1e10cb71 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffe4a1ba1a82c416a6b3a09d46594f6a885ae141 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebb3f994dd92f8fb4d70c7541091216c1e10cb71 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffe4a1ba1a82c416a6b3a09d46594f6a885ae141 Patch