CVE-2024-44973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's memory management (mm, slub) component, specifically affecting the handling of kfence objects during memory deallocation. It results from an oversight in __kmem_cache_free_bulk, leading to a system crash due to padding overwrite. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 6.8, < 6.10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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