CVE-2024-50159: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_scmi: Fix the double free in scmi_debugfs_common_setup() Clang static checker(scan-build) throws below warning： | drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/driver.c:line 2915, column 2 | Attempt to free released memory. When devm_add_action_or_reset() fails, scmi_debugfs_common_cleanup() will run twice which causes double free of 'dbg->name'. Remove the redundant scmi_debugfs_common_cleanup() to fix this problem.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.3, before 6.6.59 (fixed in 6.6.59); from 6.7, before 6.11.6 (fixed in 6.11.6); version 6.12 only

Published 2024-11-07. Last modified 2026-08-04.