CVE-2024-49853
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix double free in OPTEE transport Channels can be shared between protocols, avoid freeing the same channel descriptors twice when unloading the stack.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.22%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix double free in OPTEE transport Channels can be shared between protocols, avoid freeing the same channel descriptors twice when unloading the stack.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6699567b0bbb378600a4dc0a1f929439a4e84a2cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aef6ae124bb3cc12e34430fed91fbb7efd7a444dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f4fc2bc101e666da649605a9ece2bd42529c7aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc9543a4f2a5498a4a12d6d2427492a6f1a28056Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98dba934b2fc587eafb83f47ad64d9053b18ae0Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.