CVE-2024-38545

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

19/06/2024

Last modified:

23/12/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hns: Fix UAF for cq async event The refcount of CQ is not protected by locks. When CQ asynchronous events and CQ destruction are concurrent, CQ may have been released, which will cause UAF. Use the xa_lock() to protect the CQ refcount.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.9 (including)	5.15.168 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.93 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.33 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.8.12 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.9 (including)	6.9.3 (excluding)

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CVE-2024-38545

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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