Vulnerabilities > CVE-2024-38561 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit: Fix kthread reference There is a race condition when a kthread finishes after the deadline and before the call to kthread_stop(), which may lead to use after free.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2ebd3758e1cef6a1f998a1f7ea73310dcb1699
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec7ccb4cd4b6f72c2998b07880fa7aaf8dfe1d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5c841a559ccb700c8d27a3ca645b7a5f59b4f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0b755cb5a5e0d7168c3ab1b3814b0d3cad9f017
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8aa1b98ce40184521ed95ec26cc115a255183b2