In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: custom_method: fix potential use-after-free issue
In cm_write(), buf is always freed when reaching the end of the function. If the requested count is less than table.length, the allocated buffer will be freed but subsequent calls to cm_write() will still try to access it.
Remove the unconditional kfree(buf) at the end of the function and set the buf to NULL in the -EINVAL error path to match the rest of function.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade kernel-default-develUpgrade kernel-azure-develUpgrade kernel-macrosUpgrade kernel-azureUpgrade kernel-64kbUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-syms-azureUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-64kb-develUpgrade kernel-zfcpdumpUpgrade kernel-symsUpgrade kernel-default-baseUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade reiserfs-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-preemptUpgrade kernel-preempt-develUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade kernel-sourceUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-default-extra | Aug 9, 2024 | Feb 27, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-virtualUpgrade linux-image-virtual-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-253-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1130-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1131-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1168-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-253-genericUpgrade linux-image-generic | Apr 22, 2024 | Feb 27, 2024 |
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