CVE-2024-40956

Published Jul 12, 2024

Last updated 3 months ago

CVSS high 7.8

Overview

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Fix possible Use-After-Free in irq_process_work_list Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to allow iterating through the list and deleting the entry in the iteration process. The descriptor is freed via idxd_desc_complete() and there's a slight chance may cause issue for the list iterator when the descriptor is reused by another thread without it being deleted from the list.
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 1.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

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Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

Social media

Configurations

References