CVE-2024-25740

kernel: memory leak in ubi driver

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Published Feb 12, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the UBI driver in drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 for UBI_IOCATT, because kobj->name is not released.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2024-23048	A memory leak flaw was found in the UBI driver in drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c in the Linux kernel through 6.7.4 for UBI_IOCATT, because kobj->name is not released.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.207% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/0171b6cc-95ee-3538-913b-65a391a446b3%40huawei.com/T/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25740
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25740

History

May 7, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Linux Linux Kernel

Weaknesses

CWE-401

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 7, 2025, 9:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 12, 2024, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 7, 2025, 9:05 PM
Reserved: Feb 12, 2024, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 11:52 PM

Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 11:52 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 7:16 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 12, 2024, 3:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 7:16 AM

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Red Hat Updated: Feb 12, 2024, 12:00 AM

Severity: Low
Public date: Feb 12, 2024, 12:00 AM

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