CVE-2024-56741

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel's AppArmor module. The problem occurred because the string allocated by kmemdup() in the aa unpack strdup() function was not freed, causing memory leaks. The issue has been fixed by freeing the allocated string.

Technical details about the issue include the involvement of the aa unpack strdup() function and the kmemdup() allocation. The backtrace of the issue shows the call stack leading to the memory leak, involving functions such as kmemleak alloc(), kmalloc node track caller noprof(), and kmemdup noprof().

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.