CVE-2024-50187 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.03%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 8
Latest updateMay 26
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/vc4: Stop the active perfmon before being destroyed
Upon closing the file descriptor, the active performance monitor is not
stopped. Although all perfmons are destroyed in `vc4_perfmon_close_file()`,
the active performance monitor's pointer (`vc4->active_perfmon`) is still
retained.
If we open a new file descriptor and submit a few jobs with performance
monitors, the driver will attempt to stop the active performance moni…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux65101d8c9108201118efa7e08f4e2c57f438deb9 — 75452da51e2403e14be007df80d133e1443fc967+4