CVE-2024-49945 (GCVE-0-2024-49945)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-21 18:02 – Updated: 2026-05-11 20:42
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Title
net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ncsi: Disable the ncsi work before freeing the associated structure The work function can run after the ncsi device is freed, resulting in use-after-free bugs or kernel panic.
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Linux Linux Affected: 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098 , < f6ca58696749268181f43150b3553f2bafd71e42 (git)
Affected: 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098 , < dd41dab62f32d9e9e0669af8459d12a93834b238 (git)
Affected: 2d283bdd079c0ad4da020bbc9e9c2a4280823098 , < a0ffa68c70b367358b2672cdab6fa5bc4c40de2c (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.8 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.10.14 , ≤ 6.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.11.3 , ≤ 6.11.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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