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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: use memblock_free_late to free xbc memory to buddy On the time to free xbc memory in xbc_exit(), memblock may has han…

High CVSS 7.8
CVECVE-2024-26983
First seen2026-08-04 17:15 UTC
Disclosed2024-05-01 06:15 UTC
Last updated2026-08-04 17:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bootconfig: use memblock_free_late to free xbc memory to buddy On the time to free xbc memory in xbc_exit(), memblock may has handed over memory to buddy allocator. So it doesn't make sense to free memory back to memblock. memblock_free() called by xbc_exit() even causes UAF bugs on architectures with CONFIG_ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK disabled like x86. Following KASAN logs shows this case. This patch fixes the xbc memory free probl…

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Affected products

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Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

Original Links

Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD