7.8

CVE-2024-42069: net: mana: Fix possible double free in error handling path

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-42069DEBIAN-CVE-2024-42069
Published 29-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-42069 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.3% 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 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.23%
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 22 · Related 21
DLA-4102-1SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3194-1SUSE-SU-2024:3195-1SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1SUSE-SU-2024:3383-1

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: net: mana: Fix possible double free in error handling path When auxiliary_device_add() returns error and then calls auxiliary_device_uninit(), callback function adev_release calls kfree(madev). We shouldn't call kfree(madev) again in the error handling path. Set 'madev' to NULL.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
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.

Ubuntu99 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-48.48
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1018.20
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ a69839d4327d053b18d8e1b0e7ddeee78db78f4f, < 3243e64eb4d897c3eeb48b2a7221ab5a95e1282a | ≥ a69839d4327d053b18d8e1b0e7ddeee78db78f4f, < ed45c0a0b662079d4c0e518014cc148c753979b4 | ≥ a69839d4327d053b18d8e1b0e7ddeee78db78f4f, < 1864b8224195d0e43ddb92a8151f54f6562090cc | 6.2
  • linux_kernel< 6.2 | ≥ 6.3, < 6.6.37 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.9.8
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.129-1 | < 6.9.8-1

3 vendors · 102 products

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