CVE-2024-56623 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 98.41%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 27
Latest updateAug 14
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: qla2xxx: Fix use after free on unload
System crash is observed with stack trace warning of use after
free. There are 2 signals to tell dpc_thread to terminate (UNLOADING
flag and kthread_stop).
On setting the UNLOADING flag when dpc_thread happens to run at the time
and sees the flag, this causes dpc_thread to exit and clean up
itself. When kthread_stop is called for final cleanup, this causes use
after free.
Remove UN…
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