CVE-2024-53077

Summary

CVE-2024-53077 is a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel that has been addressed. The issue lies within the rpcrdma component, where the rpcrdma_device's xa_array was not properly released. Dai discovered that the xa_init_flags() in rpcrdma_add_one() lacked a corresponding xa_destroy() function to free the underlying memory accumulated during operation. This oversight could lead to memory leaks and potential system instability. The vulnerability has been rectified in the latest kernel updates.

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