CVE-2024-50280 — Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-667 — Improper Locking50 documents7 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+2 more
Timeline
PublishedNov 19
Latest updateSep 2

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm cache: fix flushing uninitialized delayed_work on cache_ctr error An unexpected WARN_ON from flush_work() may occur when cache creation fails, caused by destroying the uninitialized delayed_work waker in the error path of cache_create(). For example, the warning appears on the superblock checksum error. Reproduce steps: dmsetup create cmeta --table "0 8192 linear /dev/sdc 0" dmsetup create cdata --table "0 65536 linear /d…

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 Packages7 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.9.337 — 4.10+10
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.237-1+3
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-144.157+2
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2b17026685a270b2beaf1cdd9857fcedd3505c7e — 40fac0271c7aedf60d81ed8214e80851e5b26312+11

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

24
OSV
linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities↗2025-09-02
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2025-08-22
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2025-08-22
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OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities↗2025-08-05
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OSV
linux-xilinx-zynqmp vulnerabilities↗2025-07-29
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📋Vendor Advisories

25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-09-02
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2025-08-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-08-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities↗2025-08-05
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities↗2025-07-29
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