CVE-2024-50231: Software Security Vulnerability Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2024-50231 is a MODERATE (CVSS 5.5) security vulnerability vulnerability (CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime) affecting Software libraries in the Maven ecosystem. The weakness occurs when the product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.. Remediation is available in the latest vendor maintenance releases.
CVE-2024-50231 at a Glance
Security Impact
CVSS: 5.5
The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
How to Fix CVE-2024-50231
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Software dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
mvn dependency:treeHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Java application is affected by CVE-2024-50231, inspect your build dependencies using the Maven Dependency Plugin:
mvn dependency:treeAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Software in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than the patched release), your application is affected.
Note: The mvn dependency:tree command inspects the resolved dependency graph declared in your project's POM files; it does not perform automated security scanning or inspect runtime dynamic classpaths. Always verify runtime container classpaths and shaded JARs.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime, where the product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. In Software, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-ghff-7r8p-2pr4",
"modified" : "2024-11-13T18:31:53Z",
"published" : "2024-11-09T12:30:48Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2024-50231" ],
"details" : "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().",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V3",
"score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
} ],
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"references" : [ {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50231"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16e41593825c3044efca0eb34b2d6ffba306e4ec"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d6e8be234d87b0eedca50309e25051888b39d1"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/691e79ffc42154a9c91dc3b7e96a307037b4be74"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-401" ],
"severity" : "MODERATE",
"github_reviewed" : false,
"github_reviewed_at" : null,
"nvd_published_at" : "2024-11-09T11:15:09Z"
}
}