What is CVE-2024-49925?

CVE-2024-49925 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-49925?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-49925 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-2024-49925

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: efifb: Register sysfs groups through driver core The driver core can register and cleanup sysfs groups already. Make use of that functionality to simplify the error handling and cleanup. Also avoid a UAF race during unregistering where the sysctl attributes were usable after the info struct was freed.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 4.10, 6.11.3, 6.1.120
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-49925?: CVE-2024-49925 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-49925?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-49925 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.