Use After Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [5.15,6.1.191)[6.2,6.6.157)[6.7,6.12.110)[6.13,6.13.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20697939
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed26 Feb 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-52560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1.191, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.13.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free in the mi_enum_attr process. An attacker can cause arbitrary code execution, escalate privileges, or corrupt persistent state by supplying a crafted NTFS image that is mounted and then accessed through ordinary file operations. This can lead to kernel memory disclosure, filesystem corruption, and potential denial of service. This is only exploitable if an attacker is able to provide a malicious NTFS image that is mounted by an unprivileged local user, such as via automount or removable media.

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