CVE-2024-43832Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.10%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 17
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/uv: Don't call folio_wait_writeback() without a folio reference folio_wait_writeback() requires that no spinlocks are held and that a folio reference is held, as documented. After we dropped the PTL, the folio could get freed concurrently. So grab a temporary reference.

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.76.1.103+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.106-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-50.51
CVEListV5linux/linux214d9bbcd3a67230b932f6cea83c078ab34d9e701a1eb2f3fc453dcd52726d13e863938561489cb7+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.106-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

7
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-01-09
OSV
linux-hwe-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-01-06
OSV
linux-gkeop vulnerabilities2024-12-12
OSV
linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency vulnerabilities2024-12-12
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-6.8, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2024-12-12

📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities2025-01-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GKE) vulnerabilities2024-12-12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilities2024-12-12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2024-12-12