CVE-2024-49981

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free via Race Condition in venus_remove

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: venus: fix use after free bug in venus_remove due to race condition in venus_probe, core->work is bound with venus_sys_error_handler, which is used to handle error. The code use core->sys_err_done to make sync work. The core->work is started in venus_event_notify. If we call venus_remove, there might be an unfished work. The possible sequence is as follows: CPU0 CPU1 |venus_sys_error_handler venus_remove | hfi_destroy | venus_hfi_destroy | kfree(hdev); | |hfi_reinit |venus_hfi_queues_reinit |//use hdev Fix it by canceling the work in venus_remove.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0019
EPSS Percentile 8.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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-362 CWE-416
Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 4.13.0 - 4.19.323linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.285linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.168linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.113linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.227linux
linux/Kernel 6.11.0 - 6.11.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.55linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.10.14linux
Linux/Linux < 4.13
Linux/Linux 4.13
... and 19 more
Published Oct 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026