CVE-2024-42069

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
29/07/2024
Last modified:
03/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> net: mana: Fix possible double free in error handling path<br /> <br /> When auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls<br /> auxiliary_device_uninit(), callback function adev_release<br /> calls kfree(madev). We shouldn&amp;#39;t call kfree(madev) again<br /> in the error handling path. Set &amp;#39;madev&amp;#39; to NULL.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.3 (including) 6.6.37 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.9.8 (excluding)