Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416: Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
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Implementation
When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
Source: MITRE CWE-416
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High 8.3
Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the …
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High 8.3
Use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the render…
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High 8.3
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 151.0.7922.72 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the…
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High 7.5
Apache Traffic Server: Remap configuration lifetime and TOCTOU errors cause use-after-free
Apache Traffic Server has use-after-free and time-of-check/time-of-use errors in remap configuration handling. This issue affects Apache Traffic Server: from 8.0.0 through 8.1.11, from 9.0.0 through 9.2.14, from 10.0.0 through 10.1.3. Users are recommended to…
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() l2cap_sock_new_connection_cb() returned l2cap_pi(sk)->chan after release_sock(parent). Once the parent lock is dropped t…
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High 7.7
A use-after-free condition exists in pglogical's worker signaling code, where a worker structure can be dereferenced af…
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High 8.8
A use-after-free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in Safari 26.6, iOS 26.6 and …
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High 8.8
netfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: fix stale prevhdr pointer in br_ip6_fragment() br_ip6_fragment() gets prevhdr, a pointer into the skb head, from ip6_find_1stfragopt(), then calls skb_checksum_help(). For …
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High 7.8
tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix use-after-free of the discoverer in tipc_disc_rcv() bearer_disable() frees b->disc with tipc_disc_delete()'s plain kfree(), but tipc_disc_rcv() still dereferences b->disc in RX soft…
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High 7.0
ACPI: NFIT: core: Fix acpi_nfit_init() error cleanup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: NFIT: core: Fix acpi_nfit_init() error cleanup If acpi_nfit_init() fails after adding the acpi_desc object to the acpi_descs list, that object is never removed from that list because th…
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High 7.8
ALSA: hda/cs35l41: Fix firmware load work teardown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda/cs35l41: Fix firmware load work teardown cs35l41_hda creates ALSA controls whose private data points at the cs35l41_hda object. The firmware load control can also queue fw_load_work…
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High 8.8
vfio/pci: Release the VGA arbiter client on register_device() failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio/pci: Release the VGA arbiter client on register_device() failure The re-order in the Fixes commit below displaced vfio_pci_vga_init() as the last failure point of what is now vfio_pci_co…
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High 7.1
6lowpan: fix NHC entry use-after-free on error path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 6lowpan: fix NHC entry use-after-free on error path lowpan_nhc_do_uncompression() looks up an NHC descriptor while holding lowpan_nhc_lock. If the descriptor has no uncompress callback, the e…
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High 8.8
crypto: qat - fix VF2PF work teardown race in adf_disable_sriov()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - fix VF2PF work teardown race in adf_disable_sriov() The VF2PF interrupt handler queues PF-side response work that stores a raw pointer to per-VF state (struct adf_accel_vf_info)…
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix UAF in channel timeout by holding conn ref
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix UAF in channel timeout by holding conn ref l2cap_chan_timeout() runs asynchronously and accesses chan->conn. If the connection is torn down while the timer is running or…
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High 7.8
ipv4: igmp: remove multicast group from hash table on device destruction
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: igmp: remove multicast group from hash table on device destruction When a device is destroyed under RTNL, ip_mc_destroy_dev() iterates through the multicast list and calls ip_ma_put() o…
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High 7.0
mfd: cros_ec: Delay dev_set_drvdata() until probe success
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: cros_ec: Delay dev_set_drvdata() until probe success If ec_device_probe() fails, cros_ec_class_release releases memory for the cros_ec_dev structure. However, because the drvdata was alr…
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: bnep: pin L2CAP connection during netdev registration bnep_add_connection() reads the L2CAP connection without holding the channel lock, then passes its HCI device to register_netd…
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High 8.0
Bluetooth: fix UAF in bt_accept_dequeue()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: fix UAF in bt_accept_dequeue() bt_accept_get() takes a temporary reference before dropping the accept queue lock. bt_accept_dequeue() currently drops that reference before bt_accep…
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High 7.8
smb: client: resolve SWN tcon from live registrations
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: resolve SWN tcon from live registrations cifs_swn_notify() looks up a witness registration by id under cifs_swnreg_idr_mutex, drops the mutex, and then uses the registration's ca…
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High 7.8
cpufreq: pcc: fix use-after-free and double free in _OSC evaluation
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: pcc: fix use-after-free and double free in _OSC evaluation pcc_cpufreq_do_osc() calls acpi_evaluate_object() twice for the two-phase _OSC negotiation. Between the two calls it freed …
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High 7.8
GPU DDK - Write UAF of sync checkpoint in GPU kick function after export fence file descriptor is prematurely closed
Software installed and run as a non-privileged user may conduct improper GPU system calls to manipulate the lifetimes of synchronisation objects in the kernel, leading to read/write UAFs. During workload submission involving a fence exported by the GPU driver…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.186 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in…
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High 8.3
Use after free in Input in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.186 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the rend…
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High 8.8
Use after free in WebMCP in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.186 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code i…
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High 8.8
Use after free in UI in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.182 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage …
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High 8.8
Use-after-free in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component
Use-after-free in the WebRTC: Audio/Video component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 153, Firefox ESR 140.13, Thunderbird 153, and Thunderbird 140.13.
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High 7.3
Apache Fory: Rust MetaString heap use-after-free
Use After Free vulnerability in the Rust deserialization logic of Apache Fory. This issue affects Apache Fory from 0.13.0 through 1.3.0. A crafted Fory payload could cause undefined behavior, process crash, or potential memory disclosure. Users are recommende…
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High 7.8
Use after free in Aura in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.128 allowed a local attacker to potentially exploit heap co…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Ozone in Google Chrome on Linux prior to 150.0.7871.128 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a use…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.128 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ins…
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: bnep: Fix UAF read of dev->name
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: bnep: Fix UAF read of dev->name bnep_add_connection() needs to keep holding the bnep_session_sem while reading dev->name (just like bnep_get_connlist() does); otherwise the bnep_se…
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High 7.8
net: hsr: defer node table free until after RCU readers
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: hsr: defer node table free until after RCU readers HSR node-list and node-status generic-netlink operations run under rcu_read_lock(). They walk hsr->node_db through hsr_get_next_node() …
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High 8.8
wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: capture fast-RX rate before mesh reuses skb->cb ieee80211_invoke_fast_rx() reads RX status through IEEE80211_SKB_RXCB(skb), which aliases the same skb->cb storage that ieee802…
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High 8.8
vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: fix UAF when peer resets connection during handshake vmci_transport_recv_connecting_server() returned err = 0 for a peer RST in its default switch arm: err = pkt->type == VMCI_TRA…
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High 8.8
af_unix: Fix UAF read of tail->len in unix_stream_data_wait()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: Fix UAF read of tail->len in unix_stream_data_wait() unix_stream_data_wait() does skb_peek_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue) without holding any lock that prevents SKBs on that queue from …
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High 7.8
irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irq_work: Fix use-after-free in irq_work_single() on PREEMPT_RT On PREEMPT_RT, non-HARD irq_work runs in per-CPU kthreads via run_irq_workd(), so irq_work_sync() uses rcuwait() to wait for BU…
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High 7.8
bridge: mcast: Fix a possible use-after-free when removing a bridge port
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: mcast: Fix a possible use-after-free when removing a bridge port When per-VLAN multicast snooping is enabled, the bridge iterates over all the bridge ports, disables the per-port mult…
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High 7.8
blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-mq: pop cached request if it is usable When submitting a bio to blk-mq, if the task should sleep after peeking a cached request, but before it pops it, the plug flushes and calls blk_mq_f…
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High 7.8
ipv4: free net->ipv4.sysctl_local_reserved_ports after unregister_net_sysctl_table()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv4: free net->ipv4.sysctl_local_reserved_ports after unregister_net_sysctl_table() ipv4_sysctl_exit_net() is currently freeing net->ipv4.sysctl_local_reserved_ports too soon. Only after unr…