Operation on Resource after Expiration or Release Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.17,6.1.191)[6.2,6.6.64)[6.7,6.9.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20696362
  • published9 Oct 2026
  • disclosed12 Jul 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 12 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-40975  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-672  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1.191, 6.6.64, 6.9.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Operation on Resource after Expiration or Release due to improper device unregistration order in the x86_android_tablet_remove process. An attacker can cause system instability or trigger kernel warnings by removing devices while consumers still hold references to them.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1