CVE-2024-57857: RDMA/siw: Remove direct link to net_device
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-57857 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 14Timeline
- 15-01-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 21-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/siw: Remove direct link to net_device Do not manage a per device direct link to net_device. Rely on associated ib_devices net_device management, not doubling the effort locally. A badly managed local link to net_device was causing a 'KASAN: slab-use-after-free' exception during siw_query_port() call.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST7.8HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
18%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.05 pp
From 0.21% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu135 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ bdcf26bf9b3acb03c8f90387cfc6474fc8ac5521, < 6a97bfc0293db234ac6ec32f6a32bd6702191a95 | ≥ bdcf26bf9b3acb03c8f90387cfc6474fc8ac5521, < 4eafeb4f021c50d13f199239d913b37de3c83135 | ≥ bdcf26bf9b3acb03c8f90387cfc6474fc8ac5521, < 16b87037b48889d21854c8e97aec8a1baf2642b3 | 5.3
- linux_kernel≥ 5.3, < 6.12.9 | 6.13:rc1 | 6.13:rc2 | 6.13:rc3 | 6.13:rc4 | 6.13:rc5
Debian1 product
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.9-1
3 vendors · 138 products
