CVE-2024-41070 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 29
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Prevent UAF in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group()
Al reported a possible use-after-free (UAF) in kvm_spapr_tce_attach_iommu_group().
It looks up `stt` from tablefd, but then continues to use it after doing
fdput() on the returned fd. After the fdput() the tablefd is free to be
closed by another thread. The close calls kvm_spapr_tce_release() and
then release_spapr_tce_table() (via call_rcu()) which frees …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages14 packages
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
25OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-azure, linux-azure-4.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle vulnerabilities↗2025-07-08