CVE-2024-49945 net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure

What is CVE-2024-49945?

CVE-2024-49945 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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:

net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure

The work function can run after the ncsi device is freed, resulting in use-after-free bugs or kernel panic.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49945?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49945?

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-2024-49945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49945 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 AZL-52048, AZL-52108, BELL-CVE-2024-49945, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49945, GHSA-44g4-9qvp-9723, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2024-49945 and 3 more.