CVE-2024-57980 media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path
A double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's uvcvideo driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute code via crafted USB video device interactions.
- 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
What is CVE-2024-57980?
CVE-2024-57980 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Feb 2025. 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:
media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path
If the uvc_status_init() function fails to allocate the int_urb, it will free the dev->status pointer but doesn't reset the pointer to NULL. This results in the kfree() call in uvc_status_cleanup() trying to double-free the memory. Fix it by resetting the dev->status pointer to NULL after freeing it.
Reviewed by: Ricardo Ribalda <[email protected]>
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-57980?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-57980?
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-2024-57980 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-57980 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-58039, BELL-CVE-2024-57980, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57980, GHSA-2mg6-cgrh-mg4j, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-57980, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980.