Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

genirq/irqdesc: Prevent use-after-free in irq_find_at_or_after()

irq_find_at_or_after() dereferences the interrupt descriptor which is
returned by mt_find() while neither holding sparse_irq_lock nor RCU read
lock, which means the descriptor can be freed between mt_find() and the
dereference:

CPU0 CPU1
desc = mt_find()
delayed_free_desc(desc)
irq_desc_get_irq(desc)

The use-after-free is reported by KASAN:

Call trace:
irq_get_next_irq+0x58/0x84
show_stat+0x638/0x824
seq_read_iter+0x158/0x4ec
proc_reg_read_iter+0x94/0x12c
vfs_read+0x1e0/0x2c8

Freed by task 4471:
slab_free_freelist_hook+0x174/0x1e0
__kmem_cache_free+0xa4/0x1dc
kfree+0x64/0x128
irq_kobj_release+0x28/0x3c
kobject_put+0xcc/0x1e0
delayed_free_desc+0x14/0x2c
rcu_do_batch+0x214/0x720

Guard the access with a RCU read lock section.
Published: 2024-06-25
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
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History

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-11T20:18:33.139Z

Reserved: 2024-06-24T13:54:11.033Z

Link: CVE-2024-38385

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:04:25.138Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-25T15:15:13.487

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:25:33.840

Link: CVE-2024-38385

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-06-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-38385 - Bugzilla

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