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GHSA-3CMG-5P27-QJ6J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-21 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Fix use after free on platform_device_register() errors

x86_android_tablet_remove() frees the pdevs[] array, so it should not be used after calling x86_android_tablet_remove().

When platform_device_register() fails, store the pdevs[x] PTR_ERR() value into the local ret variable before calling x86_android_tablet_remove() to avoid using pdevs[] after it has been freed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2024-49986 (GCVE-0-2024-49986)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-21 18:02 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:40

Title

platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Fix use after free on platform_device_register() errors

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Fix use after free on platform_device_register() errors x86_android_tablet_remove() frees the pdevs[] array, so it should not be used after calling x86_android_tablet_remove(). When platform_device_register() fails, store the pdevs[x] PTR_ERR() value into the local ret variable before calling x86_android_tablet_remove() to avoid using pdevs[] after it has been freed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-22 13:31 UTC

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba0b09a2f327319e2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aac871e493fc8809e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08adc5177bd4343d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73a98cf79e4dbfa3d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fae3129c0c08e72b…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5eba0141206ea521bbcfcf5067c174e825e943dd , < ba0b09a2f327319e252d8f3032019b958c0a5cd9 (git) Affected: 5eba0141206ea521bbcfcf5067c174e825e943dd , < aac871e493fc8809e60209d9899b1af07e9dbfc8 (git) Affected: 5eba0141206ea521bbcfcf5067c174e825e943dd , < f08adc5177bd4343df09033f62ab562c09ba7f7d (git) Affected: 5eba0141206ea521bbcfcf5067c174e825e943dd , < 73a98cf79e4dbfa3d0c363e826c65aae089b313c (git) Affected: 5eba0141206ea521bbcfcf5067c174e825e943dd , < 2fae3129c0c08e72b1fe93e61fd8fd203252094a (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.118 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.55 , ≤ 6.6.* (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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