CVE-2024-50055
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: driver core: bus: Fix double free in driver API bus_register() For bus_register(), any error which happens after kset_register() will cause that @priv are freed twice, fixed by setting…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). 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: driver core: bus: Fix double free in driver API bus_register() For bus_register(), any error which happens after kset_register() will cause that @priv are freed twice, fixed by setting @priv with NULL after the first free.
- 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
- 0.25% probability · 17th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- debian/debian linux · linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ce15f68abedfae7ae0a35e95895aeddfd0f0c6aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfa54a793ba77ef696755b66f3ac4ed00c7d1248Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d885c464c25018b81a6b58f5d548fc2e3ef87dd1Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.