CVE-2024-57930 — Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.50%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 21
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Have process_string() also allow arrays
In order to catch a common bug where a TRACE_EVENT() TP_fast_assign()
assigns an address of an allocated string to the ring buffer and then
references it in TP_printk(), which can be executed hours later when the
string is free, the function test_event_printk() runs on all events as
they are registered to make sure there's no unwanted dereferencing.
It calls process_string() to…
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 Packages5 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux85d7635d54d75a2589f28583dc17feedc3aa4ad6 — 3bcdc9039a6e9e6e47ed689a37b8d57894a3c571+7
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2024-57930: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Have process_string() also allow arrays In order to catch a common bug wh↗2025-01-21
GHSA▶
GHSA-j6wf-6qh3-cm45: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tracing: Have process_string() also allow arrays
In order to catch a common bug↗2025-01-21