CVE-2024-39494 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-39494

ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix use-after-free on a dentry's dname.name ->d_name.name can change on rename and the earlier value can be freed; there are conditions sufficient to stabilize it (->d_lock on dentry, ->d_lock on its parent, ->i_rwsem exclusive on the parent's inode, rename_lock), but none of those are met at any of the sites. Take a stable snapshot of the name instead.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
2fe5d6def1672ae6635dd71867bf36dcfaa7434b, 3.7, 0, 5.4.291, 5.10.235, 5.15.174, 6.1.97, 6.6.35, 6.9.6, 6.10

Timeline

Official Publish: July 12th, 2024
Last Modified: May 11th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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