# CVE-2024-36932: thermal/debugfs: Prevent use-after-free from occurring after cdev removal

> A race condition in the Linux kernel thermal debugfs subsystem allows a use-after-free, leading to a kernel crash and denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 May 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-36932, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-36932, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-36932

## What is CVE-2024-36932?

CVE-2024-36932 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

thermal/debugfs: Prevent use-after-free from occurring after cdev removal

Since thermal_debug_cdev_remove() does not run under cdev->lock, it can
run in parallel with thermal_debug_cdev_state_update() and it may free
the struct thermal_debugfs object used by the latter after it has been
checked against NULL.

If that happens, thermal_debug_cdev_state_update() will access memory
that has been freed already causing the kernel to crash.

Address this by using cdev->lock in thermal_debug_cdev_remove() around
the cdev->debugfs value check (in case the same cdev is removed at the
same time in two different threads) and its reset to NULL.

Cc :6.8+ <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 6.8+

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36932?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-36932?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-36932 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36932 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-36932 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-36932 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 30 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-36932 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36932/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36932/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-36932
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36932
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-36932

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