CVE-2024-39478
High
crypto: starfive - Do not free stack buffer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: starfive - Do not free stack buffer RSA text data uses variable length buffer allocated in software stack. Calling kfree on it causes undefined behaviour in subsequent operations.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 5, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-39478
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: starfive - Do not free stack buffer RSA text data uses variable length buffer allocated in software stack. Calling kfree on it causes undefined behaviour in subsequent operations.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5944de192663f272033501dcd322b008fca72006
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f01649f4eaf1878472d3d3f480ae1e50d98f6c
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/39xxx/CVE-2024-39478.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39478