7.1

CVE-2024-49925: fbdev: efifb: Register sysfs groups through driver core

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49925DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49925
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49925 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
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 64 · Related 62
DLA-4076-1MGASA-2024-0344MGASA-2024-0345OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: efifb: Register sysfs groups through driver core The driver core can register and cleanup sysfs groups already. Make use of that functionality to simplify the error handling and cleanup. Also avoid a UAF race during unregistering where the sysctl attributes were usable after the info struct was freed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

20%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% 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.

Ubuntu133 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-237.249 | < 5.4.0-211.231 | < 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1180.193 | < 5.4.0-1142.152 | < 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 753375a881caa01112b7cec2c796749154e0bb23, < 2d97b85eb5a86766ad0f8ea3d121e6ae144e3ed8 | ≥ 753375a881caa01112b7cec2c796749154e0bb23, < 2a9c40c72097b583b23aeb2a26d429ccfc81fbc1 | ≥ 753375a881caa01112b7cec2c796749154e0bb23, < 36bfefb6baaa8e46de44f4fd919ce4347337620f | ≥ 753375a881caa01112b7cec2c796749154e0bb23, < 872cd2d029d2c970a8a1eea88b48dab2b3f2e93a | ≥ 753375a881caa01112b7cec2c796749154e0bb23, < 4684d69b9670a83992189f6271dc0fcdec4ed0d7 | ≥ 753375a881caa01112b7cec2c796749154e0bb23, < 95cdd538e0e5677efbdf8aade04ec098ab98f457 | 4.10
  • linux_kernel< 6.6.55 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 136 products

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