A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.9.6. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function
mem_cgroup_migrate in the library include/linux/memcontrol.h. The manipulation leads to improper update of reference count.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-40949. The attack needs to be done within the local network. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
