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CVE-2024-38602

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2024
Source publication
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cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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ax25: Fix reference count leak issues of ax25_dev

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: Fix reference count leak issues of ax25_dev The ax25_addr_ax25dev() and ax25_dev_device_down() exist a reference count leak issue of the object "ax25_dev". Memory leak issue in ax25_addr_ax25dev(): The reference count of the object "ax25_dev" can be increased multiple times in ax25_addr_ax25dev(). This will cause a memory leak. Memory leak issues in ax25_dev_device_down(): The reference count of ax25_dev is set to 1 in ax25_dev_device_up() and then increase the reference count when ax25_dev is added to ax25_dev_list. As a result, the reference count of ax25_dev is 2. But when the device is shutting down. The ax25_dev_device_down() drops the reference count once or twice depending on if we goto unlock_put or not, which will cause memory leak. As for the issue of ax25_addr_ax25dev(), it is impossible for one pointer to be on a list twice. So add a break in ax25_addr_ax25dev(). As for the issue of ax25_dev_device_down(), increase the reference count of ax25_dev once in ax25_dev_device_up() and decrease the reference count of ax25_dev after it is removed from the ax25_dev_list.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
d01ffb9eee4af165d83b08dd73ebdf9fe94a519baffectedgitae467750a3765dd1092eb29f58247950a2f9b60cUnavailableNone listed
d01ffb9eee4af165d83b08dd73ebdf9fe94a519baffectedgit38eb01edfdaa1562fa00429be2e33f45383b1b3aUnavailableNone listed
d01ffb9eee4af165d83b08dd73ebdf9fe94a519baffectedgit81d8240b0a243b3ddd8fa8aa172f1acc2f7cc8f3UnavailableNone listed
d01ffb9eee4af165d83b08dd73ebdf9fe94a519baffectedgit1ea02699c7557eeb35ccff2bd822de1b3e09d868UnavailableNone listed
d01ffb9eee4af165d83b08dd73ebdf9fe94a519baffectedgitb505e0319852b08a3a716b64620168eab21f4cedUnavailableNone listed
ef0a2a0565727a48f2e36a2c461f8b1e3a61922daffectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
e2b558fe507a1ed4c43db2b0057fc6e41f20a14caffectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
418993bbaafb0cd48f904ba68eeda052d624c821affectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
5ea00fc60676c0eebfa8560ec461209d638bca9daffectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
9af0fd5c4453a44c692be0cbb3724859b75d739baffectedgitUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
4.14.277affectedsemver4.15UnavailableNone listed
4.19.240affectedsemver4.20UnavailableNone listed
5.4.190affectedsemver5.5UnavailableNone listed
5.10.112affectedsemver5.11UnavailableNone listed
5.15.35affectedsemver5.16UnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
5.17affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver5.17UnavailableNone listed
6.1.93unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.1.*None listed
6.6.33unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.6.*None listed
6.8.12unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.8.*None listed
6.9.3unaffectedsemverUnavailable6.9.*None listed
6.10unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed