CVE-2024-44967 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 90.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateJan 9
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/mgag200: Bind I2C lifetime to DRM device
Managed cleanup with devm_add_action_or_reset() will release the I2C
adapter when the underlying Linux device goes away. But the connector
still refers to it, so this cleanup leaves behind a stale pointer
in struct drm_connector.ddc.
Bind the lifetime of the I2C adapter to the connector's lifetime by
using DRM's managed release. When the DRM device goes away (after
the Linux device…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxb279df242972ae816a75cf1cc732af836f999100 — 55a6916db77102765b22855d3a0add4751988b7c+4
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
7OSV▶
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 vulnerabilities↗2024-12-12