{"cve":"CVE-2024-50231","nvd":{"published":"2024-11-09T11:15:09.057","modified":"2026-06-17T08:03:56.023","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niio: gts-helper: Fix memory leaks in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table()\n\nmodprobe iio-test-gts and rmmod it, then the following memory leak\noccurs:\n\n\tunreferenced object 0xffffff80c810be00 (size 64):\n\t  comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1654, jiffies 4294913981\n\t  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n\t    02 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 40 00 00 00  ........ ...@...\n\t    80 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 08 00 00  ................\n\t  backtrace (crc a63d875e):\n\t    [<0000000028c1b3c2>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40\n\t    [<000000001d6ecc87>] __kmalloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x3c0\n\t    [<00000000393795c1>] devm_iio_init_iio_gts+0x4b4/0x16f4\n\t    [<0000000071bb4b09>] 0xffffffdf052a62e0\n\t    [<000000000315bc18>] 0xffffffdf052a6488\n\t    [<00000000f9dc55b5>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac\n\t    [<00000000175a3fd4>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec\n\t    [<00000000f505065d>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374\n\t    [<00000000bbfb0e5d>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\tunreferenced object 0xffffff80cbfe9e70 (size 16):\n\t  comm \"kunit_try_catch\", pid 1658, jiffies 4294914015\n\t  hex dump (first 16 bytes):\n\t    10 00 00 00 40 00 00 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ....@...........\n\t  backtrace (crc 857f0cb4):\n\t    [<0000000028c1b3c2>] kmemleak_alloc+0x34/0x40\n\t    [<000000001d6ecc87>] __kmalloc_noprof+0x2bc/0x3c0\n\t    [<00000000393795c1>] devm_iio_init_iio_gts+0x4b4/0x16f4\n\t    [<0000000071bb4b09>] 0xffffffdf052a62e0\n\t    [<000000007d089d45>] 0xffffffdf052a6864\n\t    [<00000000f9dc55b5>] kunit_try_run_case+0x13c/0x3ac\n\t    [<00000000175a3fd4>] kunit_generic_run_threadfn_adapter+0x80/0xec\n\t    [<00000000f505065d>] kthread+0x2e8/0x374\n\t    [<00000000bbfb0e5d>] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n\t......\n\nIt includes 5*5 times \"size 64\" memory leaks, which correspond to 5 times\ntest_init_iio_gain_scale() calls with gts_test_gains size 10 (10*size(int))\nand gts_test_itimes size 5. It also includes 5*1 times \"size 16\"\nmemory leak, which correspond to one time __test_init_iio_gain_scale()\ncall with gts_test_gains_gain_low size 3 (3*size(int)) and gts_test_itimes\nsize 5.\n\nThe reason is that the per_time_gains[i] is not freed which is allocated in\nthe \"gts->num_itime\" for loop in iio_gts_build_avail_scale_table().","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/16e41593825c3044efca0eb34b2d6ffba306e4ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d6e8be234d87b0eedca50309e25051888b39d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691e79ffc42154a9c91dc3b7e96a307037b4be74"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:07.693694550+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-50231","score":0.00221,"percentile":0.12741,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}