7.8

CVE-2024-53165: linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53165DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53165
Published 27-12-2024Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53165 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
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 39 · Related 40

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sh: intc: Fix use-after-free bug in register_intc_controller() In the error handling for this function, d is freed without ever removing it from intc_list which would lead to a use after free. To fix this, let's only add it to the list after everything has succeeded.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

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

Ubuntu134 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-267.301 | < 4.15.0-236.248 | < 5.4.0-211.231 | < 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-56.58
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1142.148 | < 4.4.0-1180.195 | < 4.15.0-1179.192 | < 5.4.0-1142.152 | < 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1025.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < 3c7c806b3eafd94ae0f77305a174d63b69ec187c | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < d8de818df12d86a1a26a8efd7b4b3b9c6dc3c5cc | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < 971b4893457788e0e123ea552f0bb126a5300e61 | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < c3f4f4547fb291982f5ef56c048277c4d5ccc4e4 | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < c43df7dae28fb9fce96ef088250c1e3c3a77c527 | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < b8b84dcdf3ab1d414304819f824b10efba64132c | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < 6ba6e19912570b2ad68298be0be1dc779014a303 | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < 588bdec1ff8b81517dbae0ae51c9df52c0b952d3 | ≥ 2dcec7a988a1895540460a0bf5603bab63d5a3ed, < 63e72e551942642c48456a4134975136cdcb9b3c | 2.6.30
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.30, < 4.19.325 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.287 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.231 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.174 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.120 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.64 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.11.11 | ≥ 6.12, < 6.12.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.3-1

3 vendors · 137 products

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