CVE-2024-44979

MEDIUM EPSS 9.8%
Published Sep 4, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Sep 4, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe: Fix missing workqueue destroy in xe_gt_pagefault On driver reload we never free up the memory for the pagefault and access counter workqueues. Add those destroy calls here. (cherry picked from commit 7586fc52b14e0b8edd0d1f8a434e0de2078b7b2b)

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 5

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.8  –  <6.10.7
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any
linuxlinux_kernel6.11any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6f78359ac75f24cac3c1bdd753c49c1877bcd82
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09ef3b762a7fc641fb2f89afd3ebdb65b8ba1b9
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6f78359ac75f24cac3c1bdd753c49c1877bcd82
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b09ef3b762a7fc641fb2f89afd3ebdb65b8ba1b9
    Patch