CVE-2024-36899 — Race Condition in Linux
Severity
7.0HIGHNVD
OSV7.8OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.32%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 30
Latest updateApr 28
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpiolib: cdev: Fix use after free in lineinfo_changed_notify
The use-after-free issue occurs as follows: when the GPIO chip device file
is being closed by invoking gpio_chrdev_release(), watched_lines is freed
by bitmap_free(), but the unregistration of lineinfo_changed_nb notifier
chain failed due to waiting write rwsem. Additionally, one of the GPIO
chip's lines is also in the release process and holds the notifier chain's
r…
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages8 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux51c1064e82e77b39a49889287ca50709303e2f26 — 2dfbb920a89bdc58087672ad5325dc6c588b6860+6
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
17📋Vendor Advisories
18💬Community
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