Kernel memory corruption via scheduler use-after-free
Published Sep 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through the Xe DRM job scheduler. The xe_sched_job cleanup path released the final execution-queue reference before freeing the job, so queue teardown could destroy job->vm while the job destructor still depended on it. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and the affected Xe driver path; the vendor has not published a more specific consequence of the stale VM access.
Summary
What happened
Use-after-free in the Linux kernel allows local users to corrupt kernel memory through the Xe DRM job scheduler. The xe_sched_job cleanup path released the final execution-queue reference before freeing the job, so queue teardown could destroy job->vm while the job destructor still depended on it. Exploitation requires local low-privileged access and the affected Xe driver path; the vendor has not published a more specific consequence of the stale VM access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-44978
- Published
- Sep 4, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-416, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 4, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.8
- Affected versionversion=dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 <98aa0330f200b9b8fb9e1298e006eda57a13351c
- Affected versionversion=dd08ebf6c3525a7ea2186e636df064ea47281987 <9e7f30563677fbeff62d368d5d2a5ac7aaa9746a
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