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CVE-2024-41069: linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-41069DEBIAN-CVE-2024-41069
Published 29-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-41069 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 30 · Related 27

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: topology: Fix references to freed memory Most users after parsing a topology file, release memory used by it, so having pointer references directly into topology file contents is wrong. Use devm_kmemdup(), to allocate memory as needed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu126 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 7df04ea7a31eaa75bdad2905f07cc097b15558ee, < b188d7f3dfab10e332e3c1066e18857964a520d2 | ≥ 7df04ea7a31eaa75bdad2905f07cc097b15558ee, < ab5a6208b4d6872b1c6ecea1867940fc668cc76d | ≥ 7df04ea7a31eaa75bdad2905f07cc097b15558ee, < ccae5c6a1fab9494c86b7856faf05e296c617702 | ≥ 7df04ea7a31eaa75bdad2905f07cc097b15558ee, < 97ab304ecd95c0b1703ff8c8c3956dc6e2afe8e1 | 5.1
  • linux_kernel< 6.1.101 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.42 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.11 | 6.10:rc1 | 6.10:rc2 | 6.10:rc3 | 6.10:rc4 | 6.10:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.106-1 | < 6.9.11-1

3 vendors · 129 products

References

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