CVE-2024-56766
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: fix double free in atmel_pmecc_create_user() The "user" pointer was converted from being allocated with kzalloc() to being allocated by devm_kzalloc().
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: mtd: rawnand: fix double free in atmel_pmecc_create_user() The "user" pointer was converted from being allocated with kzalloc() to being allocated by devm_kzalloc(). Calling kfree(user) will lead to a double 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
- 0.22% probability · 13th 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/1562871ef613fa9492aa0310933eff785166a90e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d825a241e65f7e3072978729e79d735ec40b80e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ea15205d7e2b811fbbdf79783f686f58abfb4b7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca9818554b0f33e87f38e4bfa2dac056692d46cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f090ea57f8d6587e09d4066f740a8617767b3dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8e4771f99c0400a1873235704b28bb803c83d17Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd45c87782738715d5e7c167f8dabf0814a7394aPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.