CVE-2024-40909
HIGHLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in BPF Link Deallocation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix a potential use-after-free in bpf_link_free() After commit 1a80dbcb2dba, bpf_link can be freed by link->ops->dealloc_deferred, but the code still tests and uses link->ops->dealloc afterward, which leads to a use-after-free as reported by syzbot. Actually, one of them should be sufficient, so just call one of them instead of both. Also add a WARN_ON() in case of any problematic implementation.
References (3)
Core 3
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0028
EPSS Percentile
19.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel
< 6.6.35linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.9.6linux
Linux/Linux
< 6.9
Linux/Linux
1a80dbcb2dbaf6e4c216e62e30fa7d3daa8001ce - 2884dc7d08d98a89d8d65121524bb7533183a63a
Linux/Linux
1a80dbcb2dbaf6e4c216e62e30fa7d3daa8001ce - fa97b8fed9896f1e89cb657513e483a152d4c382
Linux/Linux
5d8d447777564b35f67000e7838e7ccb64d525c8
Linux/Linux
6.10
Linux/Linux
6.6.26 - 6.6.35
Linux/Linux
6.6.35 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux
6.8.5 - 6.9
... and 5 more
Published
Jul 12, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026