CVE-2024-49936Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416Use After Free72 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 21
Latest updateAug 14

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/xen-netback: prevent UAF in xenvif_flush_hash() During the list_for_each_entry_rcu iteration call of xenvif_flush_hash, kfree_rcu does not exist inside the rcu read critical section, so if kfree_rcu is called when the rcu grace period ends during the iteration, UAF occurs when accessing head->next after the entry becomes free. Therefore, to solve this, you need to change it to list_for_each_entry_safe.

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

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📋Vendor Advisories

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CVE-2024-49936 — Use After Free in Linux | cvebase