Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting glusterfs package, versions <4.0.1-1
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- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed4 Sept 2018
Introduced: 4 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-10924 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 glusterfs to version 4.0.1-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glusterfs package and not the glusterfs package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
It was discovered that fsync(2) system call in glusterfs client code leaks memory. An authenticated attacker could use this flaw to launch a denial of service attack by making gluster clients consume memory of the host machine.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10924
- https://review.gluster.org/#/c/glusterfs/+/20723/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-06
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10924
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00035.html
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-10924