Local kernel compromise via fwnode reference underflow
Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
Memory corruption in the ub913 and ub953 media drivers in Linux allows local users to compromise the kernel through repeated driver removal. Each removal calls fwnode_handle_put() on an unowned sd.fwnode reference, so repeated unbind and rebind cycles underflow the reference count and create a use-after-free. Low-privileged local access to driver lifecycle controls is enough to disclose kernel data, hijack control flow, or crash the system.
Summary
What happened
Memory corruption in the ub913 and ub953 media drivers in Linux allows local users to compromise the kernel through repeated driver removal. Each removal calls fwnode_handle_put() on an unowned sd.fwnode reference, so repeated unbind and rebind cycles underflow the reference count and create a use-after-free. Low-privileged local access to driver lifecycle controls is enough to disclose kernel data, hijack control flow, or crash the system.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-58003
- Published
- Feb 27, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.6
- Affected versionversion=905f88ccebb14e42bcd19455b0d9c0d4808f1897 <474d7baf91d37bc411fa60de5bbf03c9dd82e18a
- Affected versionversion=905f88ccebb14e42bcd19455b0d9c0d4808f1897 <60b45ece41c5632a3a3274115a401cb244180646
- Affected versionversion=905f88ccebb14e42bcd19455b0d9c0d4808f1897 <70743d6a8b256225675711e7983825f1be86062d
- Affected versionversion=905f88ccebb14e42bcd19455b0d9c0d4808f1897 <f4e4373322f8d4c19721831f7fb989e52d30dab0
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