{"cve":"CVE-2024-53118","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-02T14:15:12.567","modified":"2026-06-17T08:08:20.787","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvsock: Fix sk_error_queue memory leak\n\nKernel queues MSG_ZEROCOPY completion notifications on the error queue.\nWhere they remain, until explicitly recv()ed. To prevent memory leaks,\nclean up the queue when the socket is destroyed.\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff8881028beb00 (size 224):\n  comm \"vsock_test\", pid 1218, jiffies 4294694897\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    90 b0 21 17 81 88 ff ff 90 b0 21 17 81 88 ff ff  ..!.......!.....\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0 21 17 81 88 ff ff  ..........!.....\n  backtrace (crc 6c7031ca):\n    [<ffffffff81418ef7>] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x2f7/0x370\n    [<ffffffff81d35882>] __alloc_skb+0x132/0x180\n    [<ffffffff81d2d32b>] sock_omalloc+0x4b/0x80\n    [<ffffffff81d3a8ae>] msg_zerocopy_realloc+0x9e/0x240\n    [<ffffffff81fe5cb2>] virtio_transport_send_pkt_info+0x412/0x4c0\n    [<ffffffff81fe6183>] virtio_transport_stream_enqueue+0x43/0x50\n    [<ffffffff81fe0813>] vsock_connectible_sendmsg+0x373/0x450\n    [<ffffffff81d233d5>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x365/0x3a0\n    [<ffffffff81d246f4>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x84/0xd0\n    [<ffffffff81d26f47>] __sys_sendmsg+0x47/0x80\n    [<ffffffff820d3df3>] do_syscall_64+0x93/0x180\n    [<ffffffff8220012b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e","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/bea4779a45f49275b1e1b1bd9de03cd3727244d8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf7085b3ad1c7cc0677834c90f985f1b4f77a33"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:34.731061660+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53118","score":0.00205,"percentile":0.10453,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}