🛡️ AZL-40097 — kernel
Description
CVE-2024-26900 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.35.1-4
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md: fix kmemleak of rdev->serial
If kobject_add() is fail in bind_rdev_to_array(), 'rdev->serial' will be
alloc not be freed, and kmemleak occurs.
unreferenced object 0xffff88815a350000 (size 49152):
comm "mdadm", pid 789, jiffies 4294716910
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc f773277a):
[<0000000058b0a453>] kmemleak_alloc+0x61/0xe0
[<00000000366adf14>] __kmalloc_large_node+0x15e/0x270
[<000000002e82961b>] __kmalloc_node.cold+0x11/0x7f
[<00000000f206d60a>] kvmalloc_node+0x74/0x150
[<0000000034bf3363>] rdev_init_serial+0x67/0x170
[<0000000010e08fe9>] mddev_create_serial_pool+0x62/0x220
[<00000000c3837bf0>] bind_rdev_to_array+0x2af/0x630
[<0000000073c28560>] md_add_new_disk+0x400/0x9f0
[<00000000770e30ff>] md_ioctl+0x15bf/0x1c10
[<000000006cfab718>] blkdev_ioctl+0x191/0x3f0
[<0000000085086a11>] vfs_ioctl+0x22/0x60
[<0000000018b656fe>] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xba/0xe0
[<00000000e54e675e>] do_syscall_64+0x71/0x150
[<000000008b0ad622>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6c/0x74
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Affected software
AZL-40097 is recorded against 1 package.
- kernel (fixed in 6.6.35.1-4)
Timeline and source
Published on 17 April 2024 and last revised on 21 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kernel | — | 6.6.35.1-4 |
References
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