What is CVE-2024-44978?

CVE-2024-44978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-09-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-44978?

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

Is CVE-2024-44978 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2024-44978

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Free job before xe_exec_queue_put Free job depends on job->vm being valid, the last xe_exec_queue_put can destroy the VM. Prevent UAF by freeing job before xe_exec_queue_put. (cherry picked from commit 32a42c93b74c8ca6d0915ea3eba21bceff53042f)

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.002 (12.6th 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 dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987, 6.8, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-44978?: CVE-2024-44978 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-09-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-44978?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-44978 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.