Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-27064 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: Fix a memory leak in nf_tables_updchain If nft_netdev_register_hooks() fails, the memory associated with nft_stats is not freed, causing a memory leak. This patch fixes it by moving nft_stats_alloc() down after nft_netdev_register_hooks() succeeds.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4623a4f6e133e671f65f9ac493bddaaf63e250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e4623a4f6e133e671f65f9ac493bddaaf63e250
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79846fdcc548d617b0b321addc6a3821d3b75b20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79846fdcc548d617b0b321addc6a3821d3b75b20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eaf837a4eb5f74561e2486972e7f5184b613f6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eaf837a4eb5f74561e2486972e7f5184b613f6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77a6b53a3a547b6dedfc40c37cee4f310701090
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e77a6b53a3a547b6dedfc40c37cee4f310701090