CVE-2024-38617
published 2024-06-19CVE-2024-38617: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests were…
PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.3th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead
of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.
Affected
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | linux | < linux 6.8.12-1 (forky) | linux 6.8.12-1 (forky) |
| linux | linux | — | — |
| linux | linux | >= 9124a26401483bf2b13a99cb4317dce3f677060f < 7880dbf4eafe22a6a41a42e774f1122c814ed02d | 7880dbf4eafe22a6a41a42e774f1122c814ed02d |
| linux | linux | >= 9124a26401483bf2b13a99cb4317dce3f677060f < 42d21c9727028fe7ee392223ba127484b1b8677e | 42d21c9727028fe7ee392223ba127484b1b8677e |
| linux | linux | >= 9124a26401483bf2b13a99cb4317dce3f677060f < 03758d5a0932016b6d5f5bfbca580177e6bc937a | 03758d5a0932016b6d5f5bfbca580177e6bc937a |
| linux | linux | >= 9124a26401483bf2b13a99cb4317dce3f677060f < 998b18072ceb0613629c256b409f4d299829c7ec | 998b18072ceb0613629c256b409f4d299829c7ec |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.8.12-1 | 6.8.12-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.8.12-1 | 6.8.12-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 6.8.0-40.40 | 6.8.0-40.40 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.4.0-273.307 | 4.4.0-273.307 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.15.0-242.254 | 4.15.0-242.254 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2 < 6.6.33 | 6.6.33 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7 < 6.8.12 | 6.8.12 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.9 < 6.9.3 | 6.9.3 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu6.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2024-08-13
CVE-2024-36905 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Accessibility subsystem;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- DPLL subsystem;
- FireWire subsystem;
- EFI core;
- Qualcomm firmware drivers;
- GPIO subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2024-08-12
CVE-2024-38548 Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Accessibility subsystem;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- DPLL subsystem;
- FireWire subsystem;
- EFI core;
- Qualcomm firmware drivers;
- GPIO subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
- InfiniBand d
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2024-08-09·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2024-36029 [MEDIUM] Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde
discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious #VC
interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw
is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use
this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code in
the trusted execution environment. (CVE-2024-25742)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2024-08-08
CVE-2024-36952 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Accessibility subsystem;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- DPLL subsystem;
- FireWire subsystem;
- EFI core;
- Qualcomm firmware drivers;
- GPIO subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers
Red Hat
kernel: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
vendor_redhat·2024-06-19·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2024-38617 [MEDIUM] kernel: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
kernel: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead
of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Not affected
Package: kernel-rt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2024-38617: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/forti...
vendor_debian·2024·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2024-38617 [MEDIUM] CVE-2024-38617: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/forti...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved
bullseye: resolved
forky: resolved (fixed in 6.8.12-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 6.8.12-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 6.8.12-1)
OSV
linux-aws vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-21·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2025-38618 linux-aws vulnerabilities
linux-aws vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Virtio block driver;
- Media drivers;
- Network drivers;
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-35849, CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2024-49924,
CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2021-47149, CVE-2021-47319,
CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2021-47589)
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-21·CVSS 7.8
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Network drivers;
- Device tree and open firmware driver;
- SCSI subsystem;
- TTY drivers;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- SMB network file system;
- Bluetooth subsystem;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-38350, CVE-2024-57996, CVE-2025-37752, CVE-2025-38617,
CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2024-38541, CVE-2023-52757,
CVE-2023-52975, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-50073,
CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38683, CVE-2025-37797)
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-13·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2025-38477 linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38618,
CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2024-35849, CVE-2025-37785)
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4 vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-13·CVSS 7.8
linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4 vulnerabilities
linux-azure, linux-azure-5.4 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Network drivers;
- Device tree and open firmware driver;
- SCSI subsystem;
- TTY drivers;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- SMB network file system;
- Bluetooth subsystem;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-38350, CVE-2024-57996, CVE-2025-37752, CVE-2025-38617,
CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38083, CVE-2024-38541, CVE-2023-52757,
CVE-2023-52975, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-49950, CVE-2024-50073,
CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38683, CVE-2025-37797)
OSV
linux-oracle vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2025-37785 linux-oracle vulnerabilities
linux-oracle vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2024-57996,
CVE-2025-37752, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38350)
OSV
linux-aws, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2024-49924 linux-aws, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
linux-aws, linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Virtio block driver;
- Media drivers;
- Network drivers;
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2021-47149, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38617,
CVE-2021-47589, CVE-2021-47319, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2025-38618,
CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2024-35849)
OSV
linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-02·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2024-49924 linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities
linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38617,
CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-35849, CVE-2025-38477)
OSV
linux, linux-kvm vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-02·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2025-38618 linux, linux-kvm vulnerabilities
linux, linux-kvm vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Virtio block driver;
- Media drivers;
- Network drivers;
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-35849, CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2024-49924,
CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2024-27078, CVE-2021-47149, CVE-2021-47319,
CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2021-47589)
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-02·CVSS 7.1
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2025-37785,
CVE-2024-49924, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2024-35849)
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities
osv·2025-10-02·CVSS 7.1
CVE-2025-38477 linux-azure vulnerabilities
linux-azure vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Framebuffer layer;
- BTRFS file system;
- Ext4 file system;
- Network file system (NFS) server daemon;
- Packet sockets;
- Network traffic control;
- VMware vSockets driver;
(CVE-2025-38477, CVE-2025-38618, CVE-2025-38617, CVE-2024-49924,
CVE-2025-21796, CVE-2025-37785, CVE-2024-35849)
OSV
linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
osv·2024-08-13
linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Accessibility subsystem;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- DPLL subsystem;
- FireWire subsystem;
- EFI core;
- Qualcomm firmware drivers;
- GPIO subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- IOMMU subsystem;
- IRQ chip drivers;
- Macintosh dev
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities
osv·2024-08-13·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2024-25742 [MEDIUM] linux-azure vulnerabilities
linux-azure vulnerabilities
Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde
discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious #VC
interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw
is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use
this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code in
the trusted execution environment. (CVE-2024-25742)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer su
OSV
linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2024-08-12
linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Accessibility subsystem;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- DPLL subsystem;
- FireWire subsystem;
- EFI core;
- Qualcomm firmware drivers;
- GPIO subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- IOMMU subsystem;
- IRQ chip drivers;
- Macintosh device drivers;
- M
OSV
linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
osv·2024-08-09·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2024-25742 [MEDIUM] linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle vulnerabilities
Benedict Schlüter, Supraja Sridhara, Andrin Bertschi, and Shweta Shinde
discovered that an untrusted hypervisor could inject malicious #VC
interrupts and compromise the security guarantees of AMD SEV-SNP. This flaw
is known as WeSee. A local attacker in control of the hypervisor could use
this to expose sensitive information or possibly execute arbitrary code in
the trusted execution environment. (CVE-2024-25742)
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 arch
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8 vulnerabilities
osv·2024-08-08
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8 vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8 vulnerabilities
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- ARM32 architecture;
- ARM64 architecture;
- M68K architecture;
- OpenRISC architecture;
- PowerPC architecture;
- RISC-V architecture;
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer subsystem;
- Accessibility subsystem;
- Bluetooth drivers;
- Clock framework and drivers;
- CPU frequency scaling framework;
- Hardware crypto device drivers;
- DMA engine subsystem;
- DPLL subsystem;
- FireWire subsystem;
- EFI core;
- Qualcomm firmware drivers;
- GPIO subsystem;
- GPU drivers;
- Microsoft Hyper-V drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers;
-
GHSA
GHSA-vc92-x84f-vm43: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
The kv*() family of tests
ghsa_unreviewed·2024-06-19
CVE-2024-38617 [MEDIUM] CWE-763 GHSA-vc92-x84f-vm43: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
The kv*() family of tests
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage
The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead
of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.
OSV
CVE-2024-38617: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests we
osv·2024-06-19·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2024-38617 [MEDIUM] CVE-2024-38617: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests we
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
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2024-06-19
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