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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-41006" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-07-12T12:44:41.176Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T00:47:14.987Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41006" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41006.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41006" title: "netrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry()\n\nsyzbot reported a memory leak in nr_create() [0].\n\nCommit 409db27e3a2e (\"netrom: Fix use-after-free of a listening socket.\")\nadded sock_hold() to the nr_heartbeat_expiry() function, where\na) a socket has a SOCK_DESTROY flag or\nb) a listening socket has a SOCK_DEAD flag.\n\nBut in the case \"a,\" when the SOCK_DESTROY flag is set, the file descriptor\nhas already been closed and the nr_release() function has been called.\nSo it makes no sense to hold the reference count because no one will\ncall another nr_destroy_socket() and put it as in the case \"b.\"\n\nnr_connect\n nr_establish_data_link\n nr_start_heartbeat\n\nnr_release\n switch (nr-\u003estate)\n case NR_STATE_3\n nr-\u003estate = NR_STATE_2\n sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY);\n\n nr_rx_frame\n nr_process_rx_frame\n switch (nr-\u003estate)\n case NR_STATE_2\n nr_state2_machine()\n nr_disconnect()\n nr_sk(sk)-\u003estate = NR_STATE_0\n sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)\n\n nr_heartbeat_expiry\n switch (nr-\u003estate)\n case NR_STATE_0\n if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY) ||\n (sk-\u003esk_state == TCP_LISTEN\n && sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)))\n sock_hold() // ( !!! )\n nr_destroy_socket()\n\nTo fix the memory leak, let's call sock_hold() only for a listening socket.\n\nFound by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center\n(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.\n\n[0]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d327a1f3b12e1e206c16" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a31caf5779ace8fa98b0d454133808e082ee7a1b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d616876256b38ecf9a1a1c7d674192c5346bc69c"},{"version":"fe9b9e621cebe6b7e83f7e954c70f8bb430520e5","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e07a9c2a850cdebf625e7a1b8171bd23a8554313"},{"version":"7de16d75b20ab13b75a7291f449a1b00090edfea","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5391f9db2cab5ef1cb411be1ab7dbec728078fba"},{"version":"d2d3ab1b1de3302de2c85769121fd4f890e47ceb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"280cf1173726a7059b628c610c71050d5c0b6937"},{"version":"51e394c6f81adbfe7c34d15f58b3d4d44f144acf","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a02fd5d775cf9787ee7698c797e20f2fa13d2e2b"},{"version":"409db27e3a2eb5e8ef7226ca33be33361b3ed1c9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b6ebe4fed73eedeb73f4540f8edc4871945474c8"},{"version":"409db27e3a2eb5e8ef7226ca33be33361b3ed1c9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d377f5a28332954b19e373d36823e59830ab1712"},{"version":"409db27e3a2eb5e8ef7226ca33be33361b3ed1c9","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0b9130247f3b6a1122478471ff0e014ea96bb735"},{"version":"e666990abb2e42dd4ba979b4706280a3664cfae7","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"4.19.272","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.19.317"},{"version":"5.4.231","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.4.279"},{"version":"5.10.166","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.221"},{"version":"5.15.91","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.162"},{"version":"6.1.9","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.96"},{"version":"4.14.305","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.15"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.2"},{"version":"4.19.317","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.279","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.221","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.162","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.96","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.36","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.9.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.9.*"},{"version":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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