Unscored CVE-2024-38561 EUVD-2024-37424GHSA-9m27-xfxh-7vgv

kunit: Fix kthread reference

Published Jun 19, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

kunit: Fix kthread reference

There is a race condition when a kthread finishes after the deadline and
before the call to kthread_stop(), which may lead to use after free.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Linux	Linux	5.18	6.1.93

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	linux	6.8.12-1	—
Debian 13	linux	6.8.12-1	—
Debian 12	linux	6.1.94-1	—

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux	6.8.0-40.40	USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-aws	6.8.0-1013.14	USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-azure	6.8.0-1012.14	USN-6952-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-gcp	6.8.0-1012.13	USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-gke	6.8.0-1008.11	USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-ibm +2	6.8.0-1010.10	USN-6955-1, USN-6952-1, USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-nvidia	6.8.0-1011.11	USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-lowlatency	6.8.0-1011.11.1	USN-6952-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-raspi	6.8.0-1009.10	USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-riscv +1	6.8.0-40.40.1	USN-6949-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-aws-6.8	6.8.0-1013.14~22.04.1	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure-6.8	6.8.0-1012.14~22.04.1	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gcp-6.8	6.8.0-1012.13~22.04.1	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-hwe-6.8	6.8.0-40.40~22.04.3	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-6.8	6.8.0-1011.11~22.04.1	USN-6949-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-oracle-6.8	6.8.0-1010.10~22.04.1	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-riscv +32	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-riscv-6.8 +1	6.8.0-40.40.1~22.04.1	—
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-gke +26	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-gcp +13	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	linux-hwe-edge	No fix yet	—

Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS	linux-raspi-realtime	6.8.0-2008.8	—
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS	linux-realtime	6.8.1-1006.6	—

Advisories 6

USN-6955-1 linux-oem-6.8 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 26, 2026
USN-6952-2 linux-azure vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 26, 2026
USN-6952-1 linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 26, 2026
USN-6949-2 linux-lowlatency, linux-raspi vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 26, 2026
USN-6949-1 linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gke, linux-ibm, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Oct 26, 2026
WID-SEC-2024-1418 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 8, 2026

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