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🛡️ CVE-2024-53183 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

um: net: Do not use drvdata in release

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

um: net: Do not use drvdata in release

The drvdata is not available in release. Let's just use container_of()

to get the uml_net instance. Otherwise, removing a network device will

result in a crash:

RIP: 0033:net_device_release+0x10/0x6f

RSP: 00000000e20c7c40 EFLAGS: 00010206

RAX: 000000006002e4e7 RBX: 00000000600f1baf RCX: 00000000624074e0

RDX: 0000000062778000 RSI: 0000000060551c80 RDI: 00000000627af028

RBP: 00000000e20c7c50 R08: 00000000603ad594 R09: 00000000e20c7b70

R10: 000000000000135a R11: 00000000603ad422 R12: 0000000000000000

R13: 0000000062c7af00 R14: 0000000062406d60 R15: 00000000627700b6

Kernel panic - not syncing: Segfault with no mm

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 29 Comm: kworker/0:2 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc6-g59b723cd2adb #1

Workqueue: events mc_work_proc

Stack:

627af028 62c7af00 e20c7c80 60276fcd

62778000 603f5820 627af028 00000000

e20c7cb0 603a2bcd 627af000 62770010

Call Trace:

[<60276fcd>] device_release+0x70/0xba

[<603a2bcd>] kobject_put+0xba/0xe7

[<60277265>] put_device+0x19/0x1c

[<60281266>] platform_device_put+0x26/0x29

[<60281e5f>] platform_device_unregister+0x2c/0x2e

[<6002ec9c>] net_remove+0x63/0x69

[<60031316>] ? mconsole_reply+0x0/0x50

[<600310c8>] mconsole_remove+0x160/0x1cc

[<60087d40>] ? __remove_hrtimer+0x38/0x74

[<60087ff8>] ? hrtimer_try_to_cancel+0x8c/0x98

[<6006b3cf>] ? dl_server_stop+0x3f/0x48

[<6006b390>] ? dl_server_stop+0x0/0x48

[<600672e8>] ? dequeue_entities+0x327/0x390

[<60038fa6>] ? um_set_signals+0x0/0x43

[<6003070c>] mc_work_proc+0x77/0x91

[<60057664>] process_scheduled_works+0x1b3/0x2dd

[<60055f32>] ? assign_work+0x0/0x58

[<60057f0a>] worker_thread+0x1e9/0x293

[<6005406f>] ? set_pf_worker+0x0/0x64

[<6005d65d>] ? arch_local_irq_save+0x0/0x2d

[<6005d748>] ? kthread_exit+0x0/0x3a

[<60057d21>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0x293

[<6005dbf1>] kthread+0x126/0x12b

[<600219c5>] new_thread_handler+0x85/0xb6

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

CVE-2024-53183 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.12.0 up to 6.12.2)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.12 up to 6.12.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 27 December 2024 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
lists.debian.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

Other advisories for this package

kernel has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

CVE-2024-53183 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-12-27
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.12.0 6.12.2
linux-kernel 6.12 6.12.2

References

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