CVE-2024-36940

high
Published 2024-11-12 · Modified 2024-08-08
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
7.8

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: core: delete incorrect free in pinctrl_enable() The "pctldev" struct is allocated in devm_pinctrl_register_and_init(). It's a devm_ managed pointer that is freed by devm_pinctrl_dev_release(), so freeing it in pinctrl_enable() will lead to a double free. The devm_pinctrl_dev_release() function frees the pindescs and destroys the mutex as well.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel9fixed
rockylinux rocky8fixed
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed6.1.94-1
debian debianbullseyefixed5.10.218-1
debian debianforkyfixed6.8.11-1
debian debiansidfixed6.8.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed6.8.11-1
debian debian10.0affected
linux linux-kernelaffected4.19.314
linux linux-kernel6.9affected
almalinux almalinux8fixedkernel-doc-4.18.0-553.16.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm

References

CWEs

CWE-415

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.