What is CVE-2024-40899?

CVE-2024-40899 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-12.

How severe is CVE-2024-40899?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2024-40899

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_ondemand_get_fd() We got the following issue in a fuzz test of randomly issuing the restore command: =================…

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (20.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions a0cc87f86698174aacc083c4652d2606007dd902, 9f5fa40f0924e9de85b16c6d1aea80327ce647d8, e73fa11a356ca0905c3cc648eaacc6f0f2d2c8b3
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-40899?: CVE-2024-40899 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-07-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-40899?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.