Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2024-35869

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: guarantee refcounted children from parent session Avoid potential use-after-free bugs when walking DFS referrals, mounting and performing DFS failover by ensuring that all children from parent @tcon->ses are also refcounted. They're all needed across the entire DFS mount. Get rid of @tcon->dfs_ses_list while we're at it, too.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.006 (48.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-35869?
CVE-2024-35869 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-35869?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-35869 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.