CVE record · CVE-2024-0562

Kernel: use-after-free after removing device in wb_inode_writeback_end in mm/page-writeback.c

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0025 · 17th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 15 Jan 2024, 19:01 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Not given	Not given Package name: kernel https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel	affected before 6.0-rc3 semver Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support Package name: kernel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: kernel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	unaffected 0:4.18.0-372.87.1.el8_6 to before * rpm Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: kernel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: kernel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: kernel-rt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: kernel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: kernel-rt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: kernel https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: kernel-rt https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/	No versions given Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2024-0562
CNA: redhat
Weakness (CWE): CWE-416
Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support
Red Hat Virtualization 4 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Memory corruption
Published: 15 Jan 2024
Updated: 5 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CNA (redhat)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0025, the 17th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

15 Jan 2024, 19:01 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
15 Jan 2024, 19:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0412 vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0562 vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2258475 issue-trackingredhat
patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mm/patch/[email protected]/

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.