CVE-2024-36030: octeontx2-af: fix the double free in rvu_npc_freemem()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 28/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 6e965eba43e9724f3e603d7b7cc83e53b23d155e, f5aa87a2c0a72132ffc793fb0a5375b2a65d520a.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 6e965eba43e9724f3e603d7b7cc83e53b23d155e, f5aa87a2c0a72132ffc793fb0a5375b2a65d520a or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix the double free in rvu_npc_freemem() Clang static checker(scan-build) warning: drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c:line 2184, column 2 Attempt to free released memory. npc_mcam_rsrcs_deinit() has released 'mcam->counters.bmap'. Deleted this redundant kfree() to fix this double free problem.
- Published
- May 30, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 13th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-415
Report tools
Action score
28
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 28 / 40 · 7.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel6.8 and later · before 6.8.9
- linux linux kernel6.9
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.8affected
- dd7842878633453e38d6a4927593dd28b9d8ab91 and later · before f5aa87a2c0a72132ffc793fb0a5375b2a65d520aaffected · git
- dd7842878633453e38d6a4927593dd28b9d8ab91 and later · before 6e965eba43e9724f3e603d7b7cc83e53b23d155eaffected · git
- before 6.8not affected · semver
- 6.8.9 and later · up to and including 6.8.*not affected · semver
- 6.9 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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- ← EarlierCVE-2024-36029May 30, 2024 · mmc: sdhci-msm: pervent access to suspended controller22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2024-36031May 30, 2024 · keys: Fix overwrite of key expiration on instantiation39Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 6e965eba43e9724f3e603d7b7cc83e53b23d155e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f5aa87a2c0a72132ffc793fb0a5375b2a65d520a | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-3581413 days apartswiotlb: Fix double-allocation of slots due to broken alignment handling35Monitor
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- CVE-2021-475646 days apartnet: marvell: prestera: fix double free issue on err path31Monitor
- CVE-2021-474838 days apartregmap: Fix possible double-free in regcache_rbtree_exit()31Monitor
- CVE-2023-527959 days apartvhost-vdpa: fix use after free in vhost_vdpa_probe()31Monitor
- CVE-2023-528519 days apartIB/mlx5: Fix init stage error handling to avoid double free of same QP and UAF31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-415 · Double FreeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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