{"cve":"CVE-2024-41006","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-12T13:15:21.370","modified":"2026-10-15T01:18:41.177","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetrom: Fix a memory leak in nr_heartbeat_expiry()\n\nsyzbot reported a memory leak in nr_create() [0].\n\nCommit 409db27e3a2e (\"netrom: Fix use-after-free of a listening socket.\")\nadded sock_hold() to the nr_heartbeat_expiry() function, where\na) a socket has a SOCK_DESTROY flag or\nb) a listening socket has a SOCK_DEAD flag.\n\nBut in the case \"a,\" when the SOCK_DESTROY flag is set, the file descriptor\nhas already been closed and the nr_release() function has been called.\nSo it makes no sense to hold the reference count because no one will\ncall another nr_destroy_socket() and put it as in the case \"b.\"\n\nnr_connect\n  nr_establish_data_link\n    nr_start_heartbeat\n\nnr_release\n  switch (nr->state)\n  case NR_STATE_3\n    nr->state = NR_STATE_2\n    sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY);\n\n                        nr_rx_frame\n                          nr_process_rx_frame\n                            switch (nr->state)\n                            case NR_STATE_2\n                              nr_state2_machine()\n                                nr_disconnect()\n                                  nr_sk(sk)->state = NR_STATE_0\n                                  sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)\n\n                        nr_heartbeat_expiry\n                          switch (nr->state)\n                          case NR_STATE_0\n                            if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DESTROY) ||\n                               (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN\n                                 && sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)))\n                               sock_hold()  // ( !!! )\n                               nr_destroy_socket()\n\nTo fix the memory leak, let's call sock_hold() only for a listening socket.\n\nFound by InfoTeCS on behalf of Linux Verification Center\n(linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.\n\n[0]: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=d327a1f3b12e1e206c16","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b9130247f3b6a1122478471ff0e014ea96bb735","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/280cf1173726a7059b628c610c71050d5c0b6937","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5391f9db2cab5ef1cb411be1ab7dbec728078fba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a02fd5d775cf9787ee7698c797e20f2fa13d2e2b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6ebe4fed73eedeb73f4540f8edc4871945474c8"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:42.518321223+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-41006","score":0.00242,"percentile":0.15268,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}