CVE-2024-50261Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416Use After Free30 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.21%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 9
Latest updateMay 26

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macsec: Fix use-after-free while sending the offloading packet KASAN reports the following UAF. The metadata_dst, which is used to store the SCI value for macsec offload, is already freed by metadata_dst_free() in macsec_free_netdev(), while driver still use it for sending the packet. To fix this issue, dst_release() is used instead to release metadata_dst. So it is not freed instantly in macsec_free_netdev() if still referen

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 Packages8 packages

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

14
OSV
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OSV
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OSV
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OSV
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OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-ibm, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oem-6.8, linux-oracle, linux-oracl2025-04-23

📋Vendor Advisories

15
Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-04-23