7.8

CVE-2024-53227: linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-53227DEBIAN-CVE-2024-53227
Published 27-12-2024Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-53227 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% 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
0.28%
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 50 · Related 50
DLA-4075-1DLA-4076-1SUSE-SU-2025:0289-1SUSE-SU-2025:0428-1SUSE-SU-2025:0499-1SUSE-SU-2025:0556-1

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: bfa: Fix use-after-free in bfad_im_module_exit() BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __lock_acquire+0x2aca/0x3a20 Read of size 8 at addr ffff8881082d80c8 by task modprobe/25303 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x95/0xe0 print_report+0xcb/0x620 kasan_report+0xbd/0xf0 __lock_acquire+0x2aca/0x3a20 lock_acquire+0x19b/0x520 _raw_spin_lock+0x2b/0x40 attribute_container_unregister+0x30/0x160 fc_release_transport+0x19/0x90 [scsi_transport_fc] bfad_im_module_exit+0x23/0x60 [bfa] bfad_init+0xdb/0xff0 [bfa] do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> Allocated by task 25303: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 __kasan_kmalloc+0x7f/0x90 fc_attach_transport+0x4f/0x4740 [scsi_transport_fc] bfad_im_module_init+0x17/0x80 [bfa] bfad_init+0x23/0xff0 [bfa] do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Freed by task 25303: kasan_save_stack+0x24/0x50 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 __kasan_slab_free+0x38/0x50 kfree+0x212/0x480 bfad_im_module_init+0x7e/0x80 [bfa] bfad_init+0x23/0xff0 [bfa] do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Above issue happens as follows: bfad_init error = bfad_im_module_init() fc_release_transport(bfad_im_scsi_transport_template); if (error) goto ext; ext: bfad_im_module_exit(); fc_release_transport(bfad_im_scsi_transport_template); --> Trigger double release Don't call bfad_im_module_exit() if bfad_im_module_init() failed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

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 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • 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 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < 0ceac8012d3ddea3317f0d82934293d05feb8af1 | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < 3932c753f805a02e9364a4c58b590f21901f8490 | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < ef2c2580189ea88a0dcaf56eb3a565763a900edb | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < e76181a5be90abcc3ed8a300bd13878aa214d022 | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < 8f5a97443b547b4c83f876f1d6a11df0f1fd4efb | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < c28409f851abd93b37969cac7498828ad533afd9 | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < 1ffdde30a90bf8efe8f270407f486706962b3292 | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < a2b5035ab0e368e8d8a371e27fbc72f133c0bd40 | ≥ 7725ccfda59715ecf8f99e3b520a0b84cc2ea79e, < 178b8f38932d635e90f5f0e9af1986c6f4a89271 | 2.6.32
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.32, < 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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