CVE-2024-40989

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: Disassociate vcpus from redistributor region on teardown When tearing down a redistributor region, make sure we don't have any dangling pointer to that region stored in a vcpu.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d92e4a7ffd5c42b9fa864692f82476c0bf8bcc8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152b4123f21e6aff31cea01158176ad96a999c76	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48bb62859d47c5c4197a8c01128d0fa4f46ee58c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68df4fc449fcc24347209e500ce26d5816705a77	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d92e4a7ffd5c42b9fa864692f82476c0bf8bcc8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152b4123f21e6aff31cea01158176ad96a999c76	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48bb62859d47c5c4197a8c01128d0fa4f46ee58c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68df4fc449fcc24347209e500ce26d5816705a77	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.10:rc4::::::

History

03 Nov 2025, 22:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html -

Information

Published : 2024-07-12 13:15

Updated : 2025-11-03 22:17

NVD link : CVE-2024-40989

Mitre link : CVE-2024-40989

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-40989

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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