# CVE-2024-1312: Kernel: race condition leads to use after free during vma lock in lock\_vma\_under\_rcu

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-08 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- n/a kernel: version range not reported
- n/a kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported

## Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Memory Management subsystem when a user wins two races at the same time with a fail in the mas_prev_slot function. This issue could allow a local user to crash the system.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1312
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2225569
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/mm/memory.c?h=v6.8-rc3&id=657b5146955eba331e01b9a6ae89ce2e716ba306

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