{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-50231", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-10-21T19:36:19.975Z", "datePublished": "2024-11-09T10:14:41.510Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:47:55.169Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T20:47:55.169Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table()\n\nmodprobe iio-test-gts and rmmod it, then the following memory leak\noccurs:\n\n\tunreferenced object 0xffffff80c810be00 (size 64):\n\t comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1654, jiffies 4294913981\n\t hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n\t 02 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 ........ ...@...\n\t 80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 08 00 00 ................\n\t backtrace (crc a63d875e):\n\t [<0000000028c1b3c2>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40\n\t [<000000001d6ecc87>] __kmalloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x3c0\n\t [<00000000393795c1>] devm_iio_init_iio_gts+0x4b4/0x16f4\n\t [<0000000071bb4b09>] 0xffffffdf052a62e0\n\t [<000000000315bc18>] 0xffffffdf052a6488\n\t [<00000000f9dc55b5>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac\n\t [<00000000175a3fd4>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec\n\t [<00000000f505065d>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374\n\t [<00000000bbfb0e5d>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\tunreferenced object 0xffffff80cbfe9e70 (size 16):\n\t comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1658, jiffies 4294914015\n\t hex dump (first 16 bytes):\n\t 10 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ....@...........\n\t backtrace (crc 857f0cb4):\n\t [<0000000028c1b3c2>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40\n\t [<000000001d6ecc87>] __kmalloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x3c0\n\t [<00000000393795c1>] devm_iio_init_iio_gts+0x4b4/0x16f4\n\t [<0000000071bb4b09>] 0xffffffdf052a62e0\n\t [<000000007d089d45>] 0xffffffdf052a6864\n\t [<00000000f9dc55b5>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac\n\t [<00000000175a3fd4>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec\n\t [<00000000f505065d>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374\n\t [<00000000bbfb0e5d>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\t......\n\nIt includes 5*5 times \"size 64\" memory leaks, which correspond to 5 times\ntest_init_iio_gain_scale() calls with gts_test_gains size 10 (10*size(int))\nand gts_test_itimes size 5. It also includes 5*1 times \"size 16\"\nmemory leak, which correspond to one time __test_init_iio_gain_scale()\ncall with gts_test_gains_gain_low size 3 (3*size(int)) and gts_test_itimes\nsize 5.\n\nThe reason is that the per_time_gains[i] is not freed which is allocated in\nthe \"gts->num_itime\" for loop in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table()." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "38416c28e16890b52fdd5eb73479299ec3f062f3", "lessThan": "38d6e8be234d87b0eedca50309e25051888b39d1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "38416c28e16890b52fdd5eb73479299ec3f062f3", "lessThan": "16e41593825c3044efca0eb34b2d6ffba306e4ec", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "38416c28e16890b52fdd5eb73479299ec3f062f3", "lessThan": "691e79ffc42154a9c91dc3b7e96a307037b4be74", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/iio/industrialio-gts-helper.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.4", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.4", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.60", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.11.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.11.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.60" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.11.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.4", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d6e8be234d87b0eedca50309e25051888b39d1" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e41593825c3044efca0eb34b2d6ffba306e4ec" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691e79ffc42154a9c91dc3b7e96a307037b4be74" } ], "title": "iio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2024-50231", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-10-01T20:16:40.539918Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-401", "description": "CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T20:17:27.616Z" } } ] } }