CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-27064

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2024-05-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-01
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:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix a memory leak in nf_tables_updchain If nft_netdev_register_hooks() fails, the memory associated with nft_stats is not freed, causing a memory leak. This patch fixes it by moving nft_stats_alloc() down after nft_netdev_register_hooks() succeeds.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 6.3.3 < 6.4) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.4 < 6.6.23) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.7.11) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.8 < 6.8.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness

References