Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2024-50125

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix UAF on sco_sock_timeout conn->sk maybe have been unlinked/freed while waiting for sco_conn_lock so this checks if the conn->sk is still valid by checking if it part of sco_sk_list.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 24.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2024-50125: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions ba316be1b6a00db7126ed9a39f9bee434a508043, 6.11.6, 6.6.59
  • Linux Kernel — versions 4.14.263, 4.19.207, 5.4.148

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-50125?
CVE-2024-50125 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2024-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2024-50125?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-50125 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.