Kernel memory corruption via coredump buffer double free
Published May 17, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Double free in Linux 6.6 before 6.6.30, 6.7 through 6.8.8, and 6.9-rc1 through 6.9-rc5 allows physically proximate attackers to corrupt kernel memory. In btmtk_process_coredump(), hci_devcd_append() consumes and frees the socket buffer on error, but the caller frees that buffer again. Bluetooth must be enabled with a MediaTek controller; malformed radio frames require no pairing or user interaction and enable kernel-memory disclosure, modification, or a system crash.
Summary
What happened
Double free in Linux 6.6 before 6.6.30, 6.7 through 6.8.8, and 6.9-rc1 through 6.9-rc5 allows physically proximate attackers to corrupt kernel memory. In btmtk_process_coredump(), hci_devcd_append() consumes and frees the socket buffer on error, but the caller frees that buffer again. Bluetooth must be enabled with a MediaTek controller; malformed radio frames require no pairing or user interaction and enable kernel-memory disclosure, modification, or a system crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-35856
- Published
- May 17, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-415, T1203
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 17, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0b70151328781a89c89e4cf3fae21fc0e98d869e <18bdb386a1a30e7a3d7732a98e45e69cf6b5710d
- Affected versionversion=0b70151328781a89c89e4cf3fae21fc0e98d869e <80dfef128cb9f1b1ef67c0fe8c8deb4ea7ad30c1
- Affected versionversion=0b70151328781a89c89e4cf3fae21fc0e98d869e <e20093c741d8da9f6390dd45d75b779861547035
- Affected versionversion=6.6
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