CVE-2024-57798 — Use After Free in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV8.8OSV5.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 11
Latest updateMay 29
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/dp_mst: Ensure mst_primary pointer is valid in drm_dp_mst_handle_up_req()
While receiving an MST up request message from one thread in
drm_dp_mst_handle_up_req(), the MST topology could be removed from
another thread via drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr_set_mst(false), freeing
mst_primary and setting drm_dp_mst_topology_mgr::mst_primary to NULL.
This could lead to a NULL deref/use-after-free of mst_primary in
drm_dp_mst_handle_up_r…
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 Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux9408cc94eb041d0c2f9f00189a613b94c0449450 — f61b2e5e7821f868d6afc22382a66a30ee780ba0+4