5.5

CVE-2024-49945: net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-49945DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49945
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 21-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-49945 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
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 30 · Related 32
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14500-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14705-1SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1SUSE-SU-2024:4314-1SUSE-SU-2024:4315-1SUSE-SU-2024:4316-1

Timeline

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

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure The work function can run after the ncsi device is freed, resulting in use-after-free bugs or kernel panic.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

13%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.23% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

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

Ubuntu134 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-54.56
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1023.25
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098, < 64704f231d5dee8639e256507178f43dde1f131c | ≥ 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098, < f6ca58696749268181f43150b3553f2bafd71e42 | ≥ 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098, < dd41dab62f32d9e9e0669af8459d12a93834b238 | ≥ 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098, < a0ffa68c70b367358b2672cdab6fa5bc4c40de2c | 4.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.8, < 6.10.14 | ≥ 6.11, < 6.11.3 | 6.12:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.11.4-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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