CVE-2024-53165
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sh: intc: Fix use-after-free bug in register_intc_controller() In the error handling for this function, d is freed without ever removing it from intc_list which would lead to a use…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.26%). 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: sh: intc: Fix use-after-free bug in register_intc_controller() In the error handling for this function, d is freed without ever removing it from intc_list which would lead to a use after free. To fix this, let's only add it to the list after everything has succeeded.
- 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
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c7c806b3eafd94ae0f77305a174d63b69ec187cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/588bdec1ff8b81517dbae0ae51c9df52c0b952d3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63e72e551942642c48456a4134975136cdcb9b3cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ba6e19912570b2ad68298be0be1dc779014a303Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/971b4893457788e0e123ea552f0bb126a5300e61Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b84dcdf3ab1d414304819f824b10efba64132cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3f4f4547fb291982f5ef56c048277c4d5ccc4e4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c43df7dae28fb9fce96ef088250c1e3c3a77c527Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8de818df12d86a1a26a8efd7b4b3b9c6dc3c5ccPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.