CVE-2024-57980
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path If the uvc_status_init() function fails to allocate the int_urb, it will free the dev->status pointer but doesn't reset the pointer to NULL.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). 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: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path If the uvc_status_init() function fails to allocate the int_urb, it will free the dev->status pointer but doesn't reset the pointer to NULL. This results in the kfree() call in uvc_status_cleanup() trying to double-free the memory. Fix it by resetting the dev->status pointer to NULL after freeing it. Reviewed by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>
- 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
- 0.27% probability · 19th 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/3ba8884a56a3eb97c22f0ce0e4dd410d4ca4c277
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c36dcd662ec5276782838660f8533a7cb26be49Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87522ef165e5b6de8ef98cc318f3335166a1512c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9232719ac9ce4d5c213cebda23d72aec3e1c4c0dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6ef3a7fa97ec823a1e1af9085cf13db9f7b3bacPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1f8e69eec91d5a75ef079778a5d0151db2a7f22Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6e5ba2516c5bef87c1fcb8189b6f3cad7c64b2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8e63dd7b6683969d3d47c7b8e9635f96d554ad4Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.