In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock/virtio: free queued packets when closing socket
As reported by syzbot [1], there is a memory leak while closing the socket. We partially solved this issue with commit ac03046ece2b ("vsock/virtio: free packets during the socket release"), but we forgot to drain the RX queue when the socket is definitely closed by the scheduled work.
To avoid future issues, let's use the new virtio_transport_remove_sock() to drain the RX queue before removing the socket from the af_vsock lists calling vsock_remove_sock().
[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=24452624fc4c571eedd9
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftoolamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bpftool-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernelamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-headersamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-toolsamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-kernel-tools-develamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-perf-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perfamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-perf-debuginfo | Aug 2, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-kernelhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-kernel-abi-stablelistshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-kernel-toolshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-kernel-tools-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp10-upgrade-python3-perf | May 13, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-bpftoolhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernelhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-develhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-headershuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-toolshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-kernel-tools-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-perfhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-python-perfhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-python3-perf | Jul 23, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-kernelhuawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-kernel-toolshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-kernel-tools-libshuawei-euleros-2_0_sp9-upgrade-python3-perf | Jul 17, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| Redhat_linux | no-fix-redhat-rpm-package | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-kernel-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-basesuse-upgrade-kernel-azure-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-basesuse-upgrade-kernel-default-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-default-mansuse-upgrade-kernel-develsuse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-macrossuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-buildsuse-upgrade-kernel-sourcesuse-upgrade-kernel-source-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-symssuse-upgrade-kernel-syms-azure | Aug 9, 2024 | Feb 28, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | no-fix-ubuntu-package | Jun 26, 2025 | Feb 28, 2024 |
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