CVE-2024-46831
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Sep 27, 2024
Updated: Oct 2, 2024
CWE ID 416
Summary
CVE-2024-46831 is a recently identified vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel. This issue involves a use-after-free error in the microchip net driver's vcap module. Specifically, a kunit test contains code that fails to properly manage memory, resulting in the potential for a use-after-free condition. To mitigate this vulnerability, the affected code has been revised, and developers now rely on verifying the return code of vcap_del_rule to prevent unintended usage of deallocated memory.
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Affected Products
- Linux Kernel
Affected Vendors
- LINUX