CVE-2024-43888: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: list_lru: fix UAF for memory cgroup The mem_cgroup_from_slab_obj() is supposed to be called under rcu lock or cgroup_mutex or others which could prevent returned memcg from being freed. Fix it by adding missing rcu read lock. Found by code inspection. [songmuchun@bytedance.com: only grab rcu lock when necessary, per Vlastimil]

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.8, before 6.10.5 (fixed in 6.10.5); version 6.11 only

Published 2024-08-26. Last modified 2026-08-04.