CVE-2024-56712

udmabuf: fix memory leak on last export_udmabuf() error path

CVE-2024-56712 is fixed in 61 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56712, released December 29, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0025
16th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udmabuf: fix memory leak on last export_udmabuf() error path In export_udmabuf(), if dma_buf_fd() fails because the FD table is full, a dma_buf owning the udmabuf has already been created; but the error handling in udmabuf_create() will tear down the udmabuf without doing anything about the containing dma_buf. This leaves a dma_buf in memory that contains a dangling pointer; though that doesn't seem to lead to anything bad except a memory leak. Fix it by moving the dma_buf_fd() call out of export_udmabuf() so that we can give it different error handling. Note that the shape of this code changed a lot in commit 5e72b2b41a21 ("udmabuf: convert udmabuf driver to use folios"); but the memory leak seems to have existed since the introduction of udmabuf.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
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kernel-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1 Feb 11, 2025
kernel-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1 Feb 11, 2025
kernel-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1 Jan 29, 2025
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kernel-debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
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kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1.150600.12.16.2 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
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kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
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kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
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kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
kernel-rt_debug · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-source · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-source-azure · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1 Feb 11, 2025
kernel-source-azure · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.8.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1 Feb 11, 2025
kernel-source-coco · sles 15.6 6.4.0-15061.12.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1 Jan 29, 2025
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kernel-syms-rt · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.26.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0557-1 Feb 14, 2025
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kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.6 6.4.0-150600.23.38.1 SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1 Feb 13, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56712 Dec 29, 2024
linux · Debian 14 6.12.8-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56712 Dec 29, 2024

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