CVE-2024-53165: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sh: intc: Fix use-after-free bug in register_intc_controller() In the error handling for this function, d is freed without ever removing it from intc_list which would lead to a use after free. To fix this, let's only add it to the list after everything has succeeded.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.30, before 4.19.325 (fixed in 4.19.325); from 4.20, before 5.4.287 (fixed in 5.4.287); from 5.5, before 5.10.231 (fixed in 5.10.231); from 5.11, before 5.15.174 (fixed in 5.15.174); from 5.16, before 6.1.120 (fixed in 6.1.120); from 6.2, before 6.6.64 (fixed in 6.6.64); …

Published 2024-12-27. Last modified 2026-08-04.