CVE-2024-35879

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.10.42-5.10.214 - Use-After-Free in OF Changeset Destroy

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: dynamic: Synchronize of_changeset_destroy() with the devlink removals In the following sequence: 1) of_platform_depopulate() 2) of_overlay_remove() During the step 1, devices are destroyed and devlinks are removed. During the step 2, OF nodes are destroyed but __of_changeset_entry_destroy() can raise warnings related to missing of_node_put(): ERROR: memory leak, expected refcount 1 instead of 2 ... Indeed, during the devlink removals performed at step 1, the removal itself releasing the device (and the attached of_node) is done by a job queued in a workqueue and so, it is done asynchronously with respect to function calls. When the warning is present, of_node_put() will be called but wrongly too late from the workqueue job. In order to be sure that any ongoing devlink removals are done before the of_node destruction, synchronize the of_changeset_destroy() with the devlink removals.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (21)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 252c23915546863685ecc68cb3a39e7e80c6c9d4
Linux/Linux 5.10.215 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.42 - 5.10.215
Linux/Linux 5.12.9 - 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.15.154 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.85 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.26 - 6.6.*
... and 11 more
Published May 19, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026