What is CVE-2024-50071?

CVE-2024-50071 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-50071?

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

Is CVE-2024-50071 known to be exploited?

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

Double Free in Linux

CVE-2024-50071

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: nuvoton: fix a double free in ma35_pinctrl_dt_node_to_map_func() 'new_map' is allocated using devm_* which takes care of freeing the allocated data on device removal, call to .dt_free_map = pinconf_generic_dt_free_map double frees the map as pinconf_generic_dt_free_map() calls pinctrl_utils_free_map(). Fix this by using kcalloc() instead of auto-managed devm_kcalloc().

Vulnerability class: Double Free

EPSS: 0.002 (10.0th 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 f805e356313bbcafef48808c14eb9ce7f4ff2560, 6.11, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-415 — Double 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-2024-50071?: CVE-2024-50071 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Double Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2024-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-50071?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-50071 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.