Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2024-57980media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: uvcvideo: Fix double free in error path If the uvc_status_init() function fails to allocate the int_urb, it will free the dev->status pointer but doesn't reset the pointer to NULL. This results in the kfree() call in uvc_status_cleanup() trying to double-free the memory. Fix it by resetting the dev->status pointer to NULL after freeing it. Reviewed by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@chromium.org>

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8bpftool4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:8kernel4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-55.22.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:11428
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AlmaLinux:8kernel-core4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-modules-extra4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-core4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-devel4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-devel4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-rt-modules-extra4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10ALSA-2025:11299
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-tools-libs-devel4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-core4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-devel4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8perf4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:8python3-perf4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10ALSA-2025:11298
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:11861
Debian:12linux6.1.129-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57980
Debian:13linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57980
Debian:14linux6.12.13-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-57980
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-55.22.1.el10_0RLSA-2025:11428
Rocky Linux:8kernel0:4.18.0-553.62.1.el8_10RLSA-2025:11298
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-570.30.1.el9_6RLSA-2025:11861
Rocky Linux:8kernel-rt0:4.18.0-553.62.1.rt7.403.el8_10RLSA-2025:11299
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-140.150USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-140.150UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-64.67UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1084.91USN-7510-7
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1084.91UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34USN-7651-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1032.34UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1032.34~22.04.1USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1089.98UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1089.98USN-7510-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1034.39USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1034.39~22.04.1USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1089.98.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1022.23USN-7737-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1083.92USN-7511-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1083.92UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1033.35USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.116.11.0-1015.15~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1USN-7651-4
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1033.35~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1081.87UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1081.87USN-7511-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1028.32USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1066.74UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1066.74USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17USN-7651-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1015.17UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1USN-7521-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.116.11.0-26.26~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67~22.04.1USN-7653-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1076.79USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1076.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1029.29UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1029.29~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1079.85USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1079.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1080.85UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1080.85USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-140.150USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-140.150UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-64.67.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1USN-7521-3
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.116.11.0-1014.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1USN-7651-2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-64.67.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1078.79USN-7510-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1078.79UBUNTU-CVE-2024-57980

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before d6e5ba2516c5bef87c1fcb8189b6f3cad7c64b2da31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before 87522ef165e5b6de8ef98cc318f3335166a1512ca31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before 3ba8884a56a3eb97c22f0ce0e4dd410d4ca4c277a31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before 9232719ac9ce4d5c213cebda23d72aec3e1c4c0da31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before 6c36dcd662ec5276782838660f8533a7cb26be49a31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before d1f8e69eec91d5a75ef079778a5d0151db2a7f22a31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before d8e63dd7b6683969d3d47c7b8e9635f96d554ad4a31a4055473bf0a7b2b06cb2262347200d0711e1 – before c6ef3a7fa97ec823a1e1af9085cf13db9f7b3bac
Linux Linux 2.6.28

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