CVE-2024-0217 Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback

What is CVE-2024-0217?

CVE-2024-0217 is a low-severity use after free vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 3 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A use-after-free flaw was found in PackageKitd. In some conditions, the order of cleanup mechanics for a transaction could be impacted. As a result, some memory access could occur on memory regions that were previously freed. Once freed, a memory region can be reused for other allocations and any previously stored data in this memory region is considered lost.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0217?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Packagekit Project Packagekit, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0217?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2024-0217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-g3jm-7w7w-rf6f, SUSE-RU-2024:1202-1, SUSE-SU-2024:0966-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1046-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-0217.