What is CVE-2024-42123?

CVE-2024-42123 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-07-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-42123?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Double Free in Linux

CVE-2024-42123

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: fix double free err_addr pointer warnings In amdgpu_umc_bad_page_polling_timeout, the amdgpu_umc_handle_bad_pages will be run many times so that double free err_addr in some special case. So set the err_addr to NULL to avoid the warnings.

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions d38ceaf99ed015f2a0b9af3499791bd3a3daae21, 4.2, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double Free

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-42123?: CVE-2024-42123 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2024-07-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-42123?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.