What is CVE-2024-35858?

CVE-2024-35858 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and patched in 6.6.30, 6.8.9 and 6.9. CVE-2024-35858 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35858?

CVE-2024-35858 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-35858?

Yes, CVE-2024-35858 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.30, 6.8.9 and 6.9. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2024-35858 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-35858 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2024-35858

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bcmasp: fix memory leak when bringing down interface When bringing down the TX rings we flush the rings but forget to reclaimed the flushed packets. This leads to a memory leak since we do not free the dma mapped buffers. This also leads to tx control block corruption when bringing down the interface for power management.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-17

Last modified 2024-12-30

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2024-35858 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.30, 6.8.9, 6.9 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.30 6.6.x ✓ 6.8.9 6.8.x ✓ 6.9

References

3 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09040baf8779ad880e0e0d0ea10e57aa929ef3ab

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2389ad1990163d29cba5480d693b4c2e31cc545c

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f898fc2c31fbf0ac5ecd289f528a716464cb005

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2024-35858

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-17

Modified 2024-12-30

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35858?

CVE-2024-35858 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.30, 6.8.9 and 6.9. CVE-2024-35858 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-35858?

CVE-2024-35858 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2024-35858?

Yes. CVE-2024-35858 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.30, 6.8.9 and 6.9. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2024-35858 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2024-35858 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.