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🛡️ CVE-2024-53119 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

virtio/vsock: Fix accept_queue memory leak

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

virtio/vsock: Fix accept_queue memory leak

As the final stages of socket destruction may be delayed, it is possible

that virtio_transport_recv_listen() will be called after the accept_queue

has been flushed, but before the SOCK_DONE flag has been set. As a result,

sockets enqueued after the flush would remain unremoved, leading to a

memory leak.

vsock_release

__vsock_release

lock

virtio_transport_release

virtio_transport_close

schedule_delayed_work(close_work)

sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK

(!) flush accept_queue

release

virtio_transport_recv_pkt

vsock_find_bound_socket

lock

if flag(SOCK_DONE) return

virtio_transport_recv_listen

child = vsock_create_connected

(!) vsock_enqueue_accept(child)

release

close_work

lock

virtio_transport_do_close

set_flag(SOCK_DONE)

virtio_transport_remove_sock

vsock_remove_sock

vsock_remove_bound

release

Introduce a sk_shutdown check to disallow vsock_enqueue_accept() during

socket destruction.

unreferenced object 0xffff888109e3f800 (size 2040):

comm "kworker/5:2", pid 371, jiffies 4294940105

hex dump (first 32 bytes):

00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

28 00 0b 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 (..@............

backtrace (crc 9e5f4e84):

[<ffffffff81418ff1>] kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x2c1/0x360

[<ffffffff81d27aa0>] sk_prot_alloc+0x30/0x120

[<ffffffff81d2b54c>] sk_alloc+0x2c/0x4b0

[<ffffffff81fe049a>] __vsock_create.constprop.0+0x2a/0x310

[<ffffffff81fe6d6c>] virtio_transport_recv_pkt+0x4dc/0x9a0

[<ffffffff81fe745d>] vsock_loopback_work+0xfd/0x140

[<ffffffff810fc6ac>] process_one_work+0x20c/0x570

[<ffffffff810fce3f>] worker_thread+0x1bf/0x3a0

[<ffffffff811070dd>] kthread+0xdd/0x110

[<ffffffff81044fdd>] ret_from_fork+0x2d/0x50

[<ffffffff8100785a>] ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30

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.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-53119 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.7.0 up to 6.11.10)
  • linux-kernel

Timeline and source

Published on 2 December 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2024-53119 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-12-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.7.0 6.11.10
linux-kernel — —

References

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