Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-38545 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hns: Fix UAF for cq async event The refcount of CQ is not protected by locks. When CQ asynchronous events and CQ destruction are concurrent, CQ may have been released, which will cause UAF. Use the xa_lock() to protect the CQ refcount.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/763780ef0336a973e933e40e919339381732dcaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63da190eeb5c9d849b71f457b15b308c94cbaf08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39d26cf46306bdc7ae809ecfdbfeff5aa1098911
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a7559dc1358a8d300437e99ed8ecdab0671507
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a942ec2745ca864cd8512142100e4027dc306a42