CVE-2024-39493 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateSep 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: qat - Fix ADF_DEV_RESET_SYNC memory leak
Using completion_done to determine whether the caller has gone
away only works after a complete call. Furthermore it's still
possible that the caller has not yet called wait_for_completion,
resulting in another potential UAF.
Fix this by making the caller use cancel_work_sync and then freeing
the memory safely.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages7 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxdaba62d9eeddcc5b1081be7d348ca836c83c59d7 — 0ce5964b82f212f4df6a9813f09a0b5de15bd9c8+10