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medium 5.5

CVE-2024-53210 json

s390/iucv: MSG_PEEK causes memory leak in iucv_sock_destruct()

published 2024-12-27 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-51882

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/iucv: MSG_PEEK causes memory leak in iucv_sock_destruct()

Passing MSG_PEEK flag to skb_recv_datagram() increments skb refcount (skb->users) and iucv_sock_recvmsg() does not decrement skb refcount at exit. This results in skb memory leak in skb_queue_purge() and WARN_ON in iucv_sock_destruct() during socket close. To fix this decrease skb refcount by one if MSG_PEEK is set in order to prevent memory leak and WARN_ON.

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 6292 at net/iucv/af_iucv.c:286 iucv_sock_destruct+0x144/0x1a0 [af_iucv] CPU: 2 PID: 6292 Comm: afiucv_test_msg Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 6.10.0-rc7 #1 Hardware name: IBM 3931 A01 704 (z/VM 7.3.0) Call Trace: [<001587c682c4aa98>] iucv_sock_destruct+0x148/0x1a0 [af_iucv] [<001587c682c4a9d0>] iucv_sock_destruct+0x80/0x1a0 [af_iucv] [<001587c704117a32>] __sk_destruct+0x52/0x550 [<001587c704104a54>] __sock_release+0xa4/0x230 [<001587c704104c0c>] sock_close+0x2c/0x40 [<001587c702c5f5a8>] __fput+0x2e8/0x970 [<001587c7024148c4>] task_work_run+0x1c4/0x2c0 [<001587c7023b0716>] do_exit+0x996/0x1050 [<001587c7023b13aa>] do_group_exit+0x13a/0x360 [<001587c7023b1626>] __s390x_sys_exit_group+0x56/0x60 [<001587c7022bccca>] do_syscall+0x27a/0x380 [<001587c7049a6a0c>] __do_syscall+0x9c/0x160 [<001587c7049ce8a8>] system_call+0x70/0x98 Last Breaking-Event-Address: [<001587c682c4a9d4>] iucv_sock_destruct+0x84/0x1a0 [af_iucv]

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.1.120, 6.6.64, 6.11.11, 6.12.2, 6.13
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.123-1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.12.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53210

  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1028.30
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1023.27
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-53210

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0-RT_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.1
  • kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-25.1
  • kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-24.1.21.4
  • kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_5 Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 1-1.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20166-1SUSE-SU-2025:20249-1SUSE-SU-2025:20165-1SUSE-SU-2025:20248-1SUSE-SU-2025:0201-1SUSE-SU-2025:0201-2

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.64.2-1

azure linux advisories AZL-55533

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-53210 updated cvss 6.1

kernel: s390/iucv: MSG_PEEK causes memory leak in iucv_sock_destruct()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
13 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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References

Sources

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