CVE-2024-58055 usb: gadget: f_tcm: Don't free command immediately
A double-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel USB gadget driver allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code.
- 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-2024-58055?
CVE-2024-58055 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Mar 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:
usb: gadget: f_tcm: Don't free command immediately
Don't prematurely free the command. Wait for the status completion of the sense status. It can be freed then. Otherwise we will double-free the command.
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-58055?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2024-58055?
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-2024-58055 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-58055 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as BELL-CVE-2024-58055, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-58055, GHSA-q4g4-gmvw-9fqc, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2024-58055, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-58055.