Local kernel corruption via post-deregistration shared IRQ
Published May 1, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel 6.7 through 6.8.1 allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through the mt7925e Wi-Fi driver. During mt7925e teardown, free_irq() can invoke the shared interrupt handler after deregistration, and the handler accesses released device resources without first recognizing removal. Reachability requires local low-privileged access and affected MediaTek mt7925e Wi-Fi hardware; the invalid kernel memory access can corrupt memory or crash the system.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel 6.7 through 6.8.1 allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through the mt7925e Wi-Fi driver. During mt7925e teardown, free_irq() can invoke the shared interrupt handler after deregistration, and the handler accesses released device resources without first recognizing removal. Reachability requires local low-privileged access and affected MediaTek mt7925e Wi-Fi hardware; the invalid kernel memory access can corrupt memory or crash the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-27049
- Published
- May 1, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.7
- Affected versionversion=c948b5da6bbec742b433138e3e3f9537a85af2e5 <6d9930096e1f13cf6d9aabfbf95d0e05fb04144f
- Affected versionversion=c948b5da6bbec742b433138e3e3f9537a85af2e5 <84470b48af03a818039d587478b415cbcb264ff5
- Affected versionversion=c948b5da6bbec742b433138e3e3f9537a85af2e5 <a5a5f4413d91f395cb2d89829d376d7393ad48b9
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