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CVE-2024-53175

MEDIUM 5.5

ipc: fix memleak if msg_init_ns failed in create_ipc_ns

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipc: fix memleak if msg_init_ns failed in create_ipc_ns Percpu memory allocation may failed during create_ipc_ns however this fail is not handled properly since ipc sysctls and mq sysctls is not released properly. Fix this by release these two resource when failure. Here is the kmemleak stack when percpu failed: unreferenced object 0xffff88819de2a600 (size 512): comm "shmem_2nstest", pid 120711, jiffies 4300542254 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 60 aa 9d 84 ff ff ff ff fc 18 48 b2 84 88 ff ff `.........H..... 04 00 00 00 a4 01 00 00 20 e4 56 81 ff ff ff ff ........ .V..... backtrace (crc be7cba35): [<ffffffff81b43f83>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller_noprof+0x333/0x420 [<ffffffff81a52e56>] kmemdup_noprof+0x26/0x50 [<ffffffff821b2f37>] setup_mq_sysctls+0x57/0x1d0 [<ffffffff821b29cc>] copy_ipcs+0x29c/0x3b0 [<ffffffff815d6a10>] create_new_namespaces+0x1d0/0x920 [<ffffffff815d7449>] copy_namespaces+0x2e9/0x3e0 [<ffffffff815458f3>] copy_process+0x29f3/0x7ff0 [<ffffffff8154b080>] kernel_clone+0xc0/0x650 [<ffffffff8154b6b1>] __do_sys_clone+0xa1/0xe0 [<ffffffff843df8ff>] do_syscall_64+0xbf/0x1c0 [<ffffffff846000b0>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

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Published Dec 27, 2024
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
72d1e611082eda18689106a0c192f2827072713c < 3d230cfd4b9b0558c7b2039ba1def2ce6b6cd158 72d1e611082eda18689106a0c192f2827072713c < 10209665b5bf199f8065b2e7d2b2dc6cdf227117 72d1e611082eda18689106a0c192f2827072713c < 8fed302872e26c7bf44d855c53a1cde747172d58 72d1e611082eda18689106a0c192f2827072713c < 928de5fcd462498b8334107035da8ab85e316d8a 72d1e611082eda18689106a0c192f2827072713c < bc8f5921cd69188627c08041276238de222ab466
Linux / Linux
6.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d230cfd4b9b0558c7b2039ba1def2ce6b6cd158 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10209665b5bf199f8065b2e7d2b2dc6cdf227117 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fed302872e26c7bf44d855c53a1cde747172d58 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/928de5fcd462498b8334107035da8ab85e316d8a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc8f5921cd69188627c08041276238de222ab466 lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html