CVE-2024-53191

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 6.6.64 - Double Free

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix warning when unbinding If there is an error during some initialization related to firmware, the buffers dp->tx_ring[i].tx_status are released. However this is released again when the device is unbinded (ath12k_pci), and we get: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 2098 at mm/slub.c:4689 free_large_kmalloc+0x4d/0x80 Call Trace: free_large_kmalloc ath12k_dp_free ath12k_core_deinit ath12k_pci_remove ... The issue is always reproducible from a VM because the MSI addressing initialization is failing. In order to fix the issue, just set the buffers to NULL after releasing in order to avoid the double free.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-415
Status published

Affected Products (4)

linux/linux_kernel < 6.6.64
linux/Kernel < 6.6.64linux
linux/Kernel < 6.11.11linux
linux/Kernel < 6.12.2linux

Timeline

Published Dec 27, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026