CVE-2024-40989
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.3%
22.7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-416
Published 2024-07-12 · modified 2026-08-04
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2024-07-12 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-04 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
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.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d92e4a7ffd5c42b9fa864692f82476c0bf8bcc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152b4123f21e6aff31cea01158176ad96a999c76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48bb62859d47c5c4197a8c01128d0fa4f46ee58c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68df4fc449fcc24347209e500ce26d5816705a77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d92e4a7ffd5c42b9fa864692f82476c0bf8bcc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/152b4123f21e6aff31cea01158176ad96a999c76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48bb62859d47c5c4197a8c01128d0fa4f46ee58c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68df4fc449fcc24347209e500ce26d5816705a77
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html