Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2024-49936
Published: October 21, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU98873
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-49936
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the xenvif_new_hash() and xenvif_flush_hash() functions in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-49936
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7f0073fcd12ed7de185ef2c0af9d0fa1ddef22c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0465723b8581cad27164c9073fd780904cd22d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efcff6ce7467f01f0753609f420333f3f2ceceda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/143edf098b80669d05245b2f2367dd156a83a2c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d408889d4b54f5501e4becc4dbbb9065143fbf4e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d8639af5568fc41c0e274fc3ec9cf86c59fcbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fa5e94a1811d68fbffa0725efe6d4ca62c03d12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.227
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.168
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.290
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.113
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.10.14
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.11.3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.6.55