CVE-2024-27043: media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-01 · updated 2026-08-04
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: edia: dvbdev: fix a use-after-free In dvb_register_device, *pdvbdev is set equal to dvbdev, which is freed in several error-handling paths. However, *pdvbdev is not set to NULL after dvbdev's deallocation, causing use-after-frees in many places, for example, in the following call chain: budget_register |-> dvb_dmxdev_init |-> dvb_register_device |-> dvb_dmxdev_release |-> dvb_unregister_device |-> dvb_remove_device |-> dvb_device_put |-> kref_put When calling dvb_unregister_device, dmxdev->dvbdev (i.e. *pdvbdev in dvb_register_device) could point to memory that had been freed in dvb_register_device. Thereafter, this pointer is transferred to kref_put and triggering a use-after-free.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 2.6.21 before 4.19.311; from 4.20 before 5.4.273; from 5.5 before 5.10.214; from 5.11 before 5.15.153; from 5.16 before 6.1.83; from 6.2 before 6.6.23 — fixed in 4.19.311, 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 5.4.273, 6.1.83, 6.6.23

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.19.311, 5.10.214, 5.15.153, 5.4.273. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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