7.8

CVE-2024-38627: stm class: Fix a double free in stm_register_device()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-38627DEBIAN-CVE-2024-38627
Published 21-06-2024Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-38627 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 43 · Related 33
DLA-3840-1DSA-5730-1MGASA-2024-0263MGASA-2024-0266RHSA-2024:11313RHSA-2024:5101

Timeline

  1. 21-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: stm class: Fix a double free in stm_register_device() The put_device(&stm->dev) call will trigger stm_device_release() which frees "stm" so the vfree(stm) on the next line is a double free.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu128 products
  • linux< 4.4.0-260.294 | < 4.15.0-230.242 | < 5.4.0-192.212 | < 5.15.0-121.131 | < 6.8.0-44.44
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1137.143 | < 4.4.0-1175.190 | < 4.15.0-1174.187 | < 5.4.0-1130.140 | < 5.15.0-1069.75 | < 6.8.0-1015.16
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < 6cc30ef8eb6d8f8d6df43152264bbf8835d99931 | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < a0450d3f38e7c6c0a7c0afd4182976ee15573695 | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < 713fc00c571dde4af3db2dbd5d1b0eadc327817b | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < 7419df1acffbcc90037f6b5a2823e81389659b36 | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < 4bfd48bb6e62512b9c392c5002c11e1e3b18d247 | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < 370c480410f60b90ba3e96abe73ead21ec827b20 | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < d782a2db8f7ac49c33b9ca3e835500a28667d1be | ≥ 389b6699a2aa0b457aa69986e9ddf39f3b4030fd, < 3df463865ba42b8f88a590326f4c9ea17a1ce459 | b0351a51ffda593b2b1b35dd0c00a73505edb256 | ≥ 4.4.178, < 4.5 | 4.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.7, < 4.19.316 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.278 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.219 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.161 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.93 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.33 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.94-1 | < 6.9.7-1

3 vendors · 131 products

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