Local denial of service via rpcrdma memory leak
Published Nov 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Memory leak in Linux 6.11 through 6.11.6 allows local users to interrupt service by exhausting kernel memory during rpcrdma teardown. rpcrdma_add_one() initializes an xarray that can accrue nodes, but rpcrdma_remove_one() omitted the matching xa_destroy() before releasing the device. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and repeated reachability of rpcrdma device teardown; the resulting resource exhaustion interrupts system availability.
Summary
What happened
Memory leak in Linux 6.11 through 6.11.6 allows local users to interrupt service by exhausting kernel memory during rpcrdma teardown. rpcrdma_add_one() initializes an xarray that can accrue nodes, but rpcrdma_remove_one() omitted the matching xa_destroy() before releasing the device. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and repeated reachability of rpcrdma device teardown; the resulting resource exhaustion interrupts system availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-53077
- Published
- Nov 19, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-401, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.11
- Affected versionversion=7e86845a0346efc95fddaa97ce5cd6a8bda8c71c <36b7f5a4f300d038270324640ff7c1399245159d
- Affected versionversion=7e86845a0346efc95fddaa97ce5cd6a8bda8c71c <63a81588cd2025e75fbaf30b65930b76825c456f
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