CVE-2024-38561: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.18, before 6.1.93 (fixed in 6.1.93); from 6.2, before 6.6.33 (fixed in 6.6.33); from 6.7, before 6.8.12 (fixed in 6.8.12); from 6.9, before 6.9.3 (fixed in 6.9.3)

Published 2024-06-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.